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Alasdair Macleod: Don't rely on GDP
By Alasdair Macleod
Head of Research, GoldMoney, Toronto
via Schiff Gold, White Plains, New York
Thursday, October 12, 2023
An important error in statistical analysis is that mathematical economists have lost sight of what their beloved statistics represent -- none more so than with gross domestic product.
In this analysis, I explain why GDP is simply the total of accumulating currency and credit that is wrongly taken to reflect economic progress -- there being no such thing as economic growth, only the growth of credit. Once that point is grasped, the significance of this basic error becomes clear, and the fiat currency paradigm is revealed for what it is: a funny money game that will go horribly wrong.
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