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15% of the french gdp comes from rent, which basically did +30% over the last 10 years, that alone is ~0.4% of annual growth according to the official numbers... 1/3rd of the "growth" is rental inflation...

What value was added here? None, gdp is meaningless in post industrial countries, it wasn't designed to measure anything other than industrial outputs.

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Most GDP numbers look at real growth, not nominal, which would filter out the 30% number you’re talking about. Under those numbers about 1/10 of the growth is rent, not 1/3

But if your core take is “GDP is meaningless in post industrial countries”, then you’re at a level of crank not worth engaging with

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