Question

Can you think of anyway that a country (any country) makes money and increases GDP that may not be a true benefit to society?

Recall that, Gross domestic product tracks the health of acountry's economy. It represents the value of all goods and services produced over a specific time period within a country's borders. ... Investors can use GDP to make investments decisions—a bad economy means lower earnings and lower stock prices.

Answer 1

1. Firstly let us clear with the term GDP.

GDP is the production of final goods and services within the boundary of a country in a financial year

Yes, suppose a situation in which a manufacturer which produces trucks .

In the final production of trucks the data shows that the quality of the Steel which was used in the production of trucks was good but in reality the quality of Steel was so cheap at a truck durability was not longer.

so we can see here that by producing trucks, the producer contributes to GDP but actually due to the bad quality of the product that was used in the production of trucks ,the overall benefit to the society was not delivered.

2.No. Stocks and bond market are not included in GDP.

So the investors cannot use GDP to make investments