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Subdividing work into agent transactions inflates the measure

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A Conversation with Cathie Wood (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

Work done inside one person’s head is invisible to national accounts. Split across agents that transact with one another and the same output becomes measured commerce — so the statistics can rise sharply while real wealth does not move.

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2026-02-01: An investor argues agent delegation inflates GDP rather than deflating it

2026-02-01: An investor defines real wealth growth as technologically enabled productivity

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Subdividing work into agent transactions inflates the measure
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