Re: What's a proper measure of economic growth?

$Exports - $Imports = true economic growth

GDP is a propaganda statistic. Youtube "Fuzzy Numbers"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPkTItOXuN0

So the economic growth of the planet is 0?

No, it is negative since we spewed out all that expensive tech into space. Roll Eyes

Yeah, ET imports might not be so good for the economy. They might take r joobs.