> Dear Stephen E Philion,
> You don't know the answer? I can tell you.
>
> It is because economists all over the world are ignorant that they still use GDP
> to judge the economic growth of a country.
>
> I'd like to tell economists that what poor people need is "raising the living
> standards", not GDP.
>
> If the living standards of poor people are raised, they can will afford to make a
> trip by airplane. But poor people still can't afford to send their children to
> school when GDP is raised. Therefore economic theory must be based on the living
> standards of people, especially poor people, not GDP.
> Ju-chang He
>
> Date: Monday, August 30, 1999 6:31 AM Stephen E Philion wrote:
> >Ju-chang,
> >An even better question, why are economists at China's leading economics
> >institutes so enamored of this concept? Steve
> >
> >On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, chang wrote:
> >
> >> Why economists all over the world still use Gross Domestic Product to judge
> the
> >> economic growth of a certain country and, according to this GDP, calculate
> this
> >> country's economic growth rate?
> >>
> >> Date: Sunday, August 29, 1999 2:41 PM Stephen E Philion wrote:
> >> >Ju-chang,
> >> >Yes, I would agree with you on that. That is very different from arguing
> >> >that it is unfair in general.
> >> >
> >> >Steve
> >> >
> >> >On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, chang wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Stephen E Philion,
> >> >> Do you agree that GDP is unscientific and unfair for poor people?
> >> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >> Ju-chang He
> >>
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