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[โ€“] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

People have been told their entire lives that the GDP of their nation matters without ever considering what it actually represents, or how it actually went up.

Great, number go up, but why and who actually benefitted.

[โ€“] madcaesar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The 1%. Productivity has been going through the roof, wages have stagnated for decades.