Drugs? Prostitution? They Are Part of GDP Too, U.K. Says
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Britain will begin counting illegal drugs and prostitution when assessing the growth of its economy, the government says.
      • CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml
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        5 months ago

        Eh, I think it’s just a general feel-good stuff. It’s not just westerners, after all. Judging by the nickname I’m guessing you’re from Russia or baltics? Then you likely recall the wank around Putin allegedly doubling the GDP in the early 00’s

        • я не из калининграда@lemmy.ml
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          5 months ago

          well, the putin government is a liberal one and was quite cozy with the west back then. while there was some recovery in the 2000s the only “achievement” he had at the time was being less terrible than yeltsin…