> If I go visit my grandma over the weekend, my activities do not register on GDP.
Yes they do. How do you visit her? What do you do while you're together? Eat some food? There's almost no way your visit doesn't register on GDP.
In reality, economic growth makes peoples lives better in simple, concrete ways. Ironically, we've started to question this only because we've become so rich due to so much growth that we're no longer dealing with "simple" problems (hunger, cold, etc).
> What do you do while you're together? Eat some food? There's almost no way your visit doesn't register on GDP.
People typically eat food even when they don't visit someone as well, the total amount remains the same. It is really common to just cook food and eat together, your life doesn't get better if you go out to eat eating your parents home cooking doesn't register on the GDP.
Yes they do. How do you visit her? What do you do while you're together? Eat some food? There's almost no way your visit doesn't register on GDP.
In reality, economic growth makes peoples lives better in simple, concrete ways. Ironically, we've started to question this only because we've become so rich due to so much growth that we're no longer dealing with "simple" problems (hunger, cold, etc).