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phiwong t1_iucs34o wrote

This is comparing two different types of things. GDP is a flow (how much per year). Net worth is a stock (the value of what one owns). They are not fundamentally comparable.

If you owned 10 apples and a farmer owns 1 apple tree, who has more? How is the comparison made?

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abromo7 OP t1_iucwbre wrote

Thanks that's a nice comparison.

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