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Or even better, forget about GDP and use national income instead since it is better for measuring sustainable growth. For example if a country takes 100 billion euros of oil from its underground reserves, it will have a 100 billion GDP but 0 euro national income. We need to improve the economic indicators that use or at least be aware of the implications of our choice since they impact economic strategy


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