by
Tim O'Reilly
Every year, Google chief economist Hal Varian and his team publish an economic impact report. In their 2016 report, they estimated that during the prior year, Google increased US economic activity for their customers by $165 billion. They base this figure primarily on a conservative estimate of the expected impact of Google advertising on the increased revenues of their advertisers. [...]
CHRIST, he literally spent most of the previous chapter talking about the failures of the economic system and the growth-addicted mindset it instills in us and now he wants to talk about "increasing economic activity" as if it's an obvious good???