Hexophile

joined 2 years ago
[–] Hexophile@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It really depends on the type and field of economics you’re looking at. Macro and micro are very very different fields. There are also a lot of different ways to present these facts. In general gdp means very little for normal people, and something like the Gini coefficient at least gets a little closer to a metric that actually represents the economic health of a country.

[–] Hexophile@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I’m using it when looking for specific information about specific topics (tutorials, product reviews) but I haven’t looked at the front page since the announcement