[lokar]

The use of GDP, or GDP/Population as the primary metric is a real problem.

We need to use a metric that is closer to "total economic benefit for the median person", that would include income, as well as government services.

[cess11]

The Gini coefficient and sometimes its' velocity would be a better alternative.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient

[lokar]

(1 - Gini) * GDP/Pop ?

[lokar]

Found a chart:

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/gini-coefficient-vs-gdp-p...