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By the yardstick that both the CIA and the IMF have adopted as the single best measure of national economies, China now has the largest economy in the world. (nationalinterest.org)

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[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 51 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Tomorrow's Headline: IMF announces new metric for defining the size of the economy. This metric removes all industries that actually build things and instead only includes the financial industry.

[–] moujikman@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago

They just happen to publish a new System of National Accounts (SNA) every time this happens. Last time it was to put more emphasis on R&D.

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