[Chriky]

GDP is the amount of value created by the economy in a year, and it is measured in USD so there is no unit error.

A better comparison would he the Hour Record in Cycling (how far can you cycle in an hour). It's determined by speed, obviously, but the value is still a distance.

[graedus]

The unit error is in the comparison between USD/year (a rate) and USD (a value at a single point in time)

[Chriky]

Do you think the Hour Record is measured in km or km/h?

[mtarnovan]

If you want a fair comparison, do GDP vs value produced by that investment fund in a year.

[Bromskloss]

Alternatively, give AUM/GDP, i.e. the time it would take for the accumulated GDP to equal the AUM.

[Chriky]

I'm not suggesting its anything other than a ridiculous and meaningless thing to write, I was just saying that both GDP and AUM are measured in the same units (USD).

Apparently several people decided this fact was necessary to downvote ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Retric]

No GDP is in $/time. Gross domestic product (GDP) is the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period.

Though GDP is usually calculated on an annual basis, it can be calculated on a quarterly basis as well. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gdp.asp

[Retric]

distance/h the per hour is implied when recording distances, however should the race not exactly record 1h the difference is not simply ignored.

Another example, look a records when the physical pools are slightly off of regulation distances for 100m/200m etc. Record keepers in no way ignore those differences.

[mtarnovan]

It's obviously measured in km/h with h=1

[RhysU]

I want joules of oil.

[bufferoverflow]

And you can. Vegetable oil is around 33 MJ per liter.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density