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CTDOCodebasesyesterday at 10:16 PM6 repliesview on HN

Because children don’t contribute to GDP.


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SunshineTheCatyesterday at 10:28 PM

Breaking news! There are no products or services in existence for anyone under the age of 18! lol

mikeocoolyesterday at 10:31 PM

Having a child definitely more than doubled my contributions to the GDP.

JumpCrisscrossyesterday at 10:30 PM

> Because children don’t contribute to GDP

The simplest model of GDP is productivity per capital times population. And the simplest model in finance is moving cash flows around in time.

makapufyesterday at 10:47 PM

Apart from being 100% a product of people which are almost often a former child.

geldedusyesterday at 10:28 PM

Not yet. This is why countries that are not shitholes take care of their children.

idontwantthisyesterday at 10:24 PM

Of course they do. Everything a parent buys for a child increases GDP.