← Back to context Comment by r00fus 8 years ago Why? When you can use disaster capitalism and profit on the "volatility" provided by such events? 8 comments r00fus Reply tonyedgecombe 8 years ago I've heard it said that in the UK a fatal car crash increases GDP by about £1 million. robocat 8 years ago Reference?A quick skim only showed studies showing cost of each fatality e.g. USD 1.6e6 in US listed here https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/... gozur88 8 years ago No chance.http://bastiat.org/en/twisatwins.html 6nf 8 years ago I think you mean 'decreases' mortehu 8 years ago GDP famously includes the cost of ambulance rides, replacing broken windows, and insurance claim examination, even though we might not really want those things. iaabtpbtpnn 8 years ago I strongly suspect he does not. jtuente 8 years ago Thanks, Keynes. r00fus 8 years ago s/Keynes/Klein/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine
tonyedgecombe 8 years ago I've heard it said that in the UK a fatal car crash increases GDP by about £1 million. robocat 8 years ago Reference?A quick skim only showed studies showing cost of each fatality e.g. USD 1.6e6 in US listed here https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/... gozur88 8 years ago No chance.http://bastiat.org/en/twisatwins.html 6nf 8 years ago I think you mean 'decreases' mortehu 8 years ago GDP famously includes the cost of ambulance rides, replacing broken windows, and insurance claim examination, even though we might not really want those things. iaabtpbtpnn 8 years ago I strongly suspect he does not.
robocat 8 years ago Reference?A quick skim only showed studies showing cost of each fatality e.g. USD 1.6e6 in US listed here https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/...
6nf 8 years ago I think you mean 'decreases' mortehu 8 years ago GDP famously includes the cost of ambulance rides, replacing broken windows, and insurance claim examination, even though we might not really want those things. iaabtpbtpnn 8 years ago I strongly suspect he does not.
mortehu 8 years ago GDP famously includes the cost of ambulance rides, replacing broken windows, and insurance claim examination, even though we might not really want those things.
jtuente 8 years ago Thanks, Keynes. r00fus 8 years ago s/Keynes/Klein/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine
I've heard it said that in the UK a fatal car crash increases GDP by about £1 million.
Reference?
A quick skim only showed studies showing cost of each fatality e.g. USD 1.6e6 in US listed here https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/...
No chance.
http://bastiat.org/en/twisatwins.html
I think you mean 'decreases'
GDP famously includes the cost of ambulance rides, replacing broken windows, and insurance claim examination, even though we might not really want those things.
I strongly suspect he does not.
Thanks, Keynes.
s/Keynes/Klein/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine