☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to EuropeEnglish · 8 days agoUK wants to add crime to the GDPwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down11cross-posted to: europe@lemmy.mleurope@hexbear.net
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkUK wants to add crime to the GDPwww.nbcnews.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to EuropeEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: europe@lemmy.mleurope@hexbear.net
minus-squareknfrmitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 days agoIf anti-productive things like interest and rent are counted as GDP then so should illegal activity.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·7 days agoSure, but since nobody else does that it would amount to fudging the numbers to make UK look better relative to other countries.
If anti-productive things like interest and rent are counted as GDP then so should illegal activity.
Sure, but since nobody else does that it would amount to fudging the numbers to make UK look better relative to other countries.