[i-use-nixos-btw]

There is no good measure for policy making. Goodhart and all that.

But it does serve as an often-indirect measure, as part of a plethora of other measures, to simply explore the effects of policy.

I’m not aware of policy that focuses on improving GDP per se (not saying there isn’t any, Im just not that tuned into politics) but I am aware of people criticising their government when GDP has dropped after a major change. That’s the appropriate use, though.