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>They involve the wealth of nations

Do they though? People often compare rich people or companies to a country GDP's, but GDP is based on a single year. The size of a company's bank account is not. A year is pretty arbitrary. In some sense it's like saying the distance between New York and Washington is 200 miles which is not that long, because a Ferrari's top speed is 200 mph.



> it's like saying the distance between New York and Washington is 200 miles which is not that long, because a Ferrari's top speed is 200 mph

It’s saying the distance is within a class negotiable by a Ferrari.

In the GDP to value case, we’re saying that the consideration at hand is comparable to all of the work of a small country for a year. So the care the latter gets is in the same class as the care the former should receive.




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