How to Use Telescopes to Measure GDP Growth

To actual decision makers and even the economies themselves, GDP figures don't matter nearly as much as you might think they do. People are willing to put up with a lot if they think they're getting richer. If you need to see this counterintuitive trend in action, well look no further than China. I took the estimates from the various research papers and reports that we explored in this video and used them to reevaluate China's position on the Economics Explained National Leaderboard.