Whole Mars Catalog(@wholemars):GDP is a measure of how much an economy produces. It’s a flow, like annual income. You would want to compare GDP to an individuals income. Any individual is going to be a very small part of the economy’s income. Their net worth is what they’ve saved over the years. The fact that our policy makers don’t know the difference between stocks and flows should scare all of us

2026.06.19 21:40

GDP is a measure of how much an economy produces. It’s a flow, like annual income. You would want to compare GDP to an individuals income. Any individual is going to be a very small part of the economy’s income. Their net worth is what they’ve saved over the years. The fact that our policy makers don’t know the difference between stocks and flows should scare all of us