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by Esophagus4 149 days ago
> Adjust GDP per hours worked

And why would we do that?

I guess if you torture the data long enough it will confess to anything.

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because productivity is the important metric, GDP per hours worked measures this, and better demonstrates the quality of life given to citizens.

European productivity is beating American productivity. American GDP is heavily warped by money borrowing and previously foreign investment.