Deceit regarding GDP is routine, just as such a fake ‘misuse’ of “GDP” is routine. (It’s really no “misuse” of the term, at all.) GDP is designed to be a misleading basis for ranking the economic performance of countries; it’s used for the purpose it’s intended for, because the purpose it’s intended for is to deceive the public in this very way — to ignore debt — and, so, that’s the way it’s used.
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