O problema com o PIB

Measuring economiesThe trouble with GDP

Gross domestic product (GDP) is increasingly a poor measure of prosperity. It is not even a reliable gauge of production

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Apr 30th 2016

ONE of Albert Einstein’s greatest insights was that no matter how, where, when or by whom it is measured, the speed of light in a vacuum is constant. Measurements of light’s price, though, are a different matter: they can tell completely different stories depending on when and how they are made.
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