These GDP Numbers Deserve Maximum Incredulity

These GDP Numbers Deserve Maximum Incredulity
Morning commuters cross the street in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Jan. 30, 2025. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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New gross domestic product (GDP) numbers are out and already causing negative judgments on the new administration. But how seriously should we take them, and what other forces might be at work here?

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]