GDP is unscientific and unfair for poorpeople.

Stephen E Philion philion at hawaii.edu
Tue Aug 31 11:02:43 PDT 1999


Ju-Chang, Can you address the points people make in response to your endless inquiries into the nature of the GDP? You seem to fail to notice that Doug is summarizing a point of view that he is not in agreement with below: On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, chang wrote:

Doug writes:>
> >They (bourgeois economists)
> >believe that competitive markets lead to the efficient allocation of
> >resources, that money is the measure of all things, and people are
> >paid in proportion to their contribution to society.
>

Ju-Chang, for some strange reason, responds:


> But in the world poor people's living standards haven't been raised. There are
> still a lot of people suffering from cold and hunger. They can't afford to send
> their children to school, and, as a result, too many children are deprived of
> education. Why?
>
> >
>
> Sincerely,
> Ju-chang He
>
> SHENZHEN, P.R. CHINA
> Welcome to My Homepage
> <http://sites.netscape.net/juchang/>
>
>



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