top | item 45629399

(no title)

FanaHOVA | 4 months ago

You really think the amount of savings in 401ks is the same size as the GDP of the whole country?

discuss

order

hollerith|4 months ago

That's comparing a rate of flow to a static amount. In other words, GDP is 27 trillion per year.

dmoy|4 months ago

It's not, but IRA plus 401k is about equal to GDP, yes (and if you add approximately equivalent defined contribution plans like 403b, tsp, etc, then it's more than GDP)

consumer451|4 months ago

> It's not, but IRA plus 401k is about equal to GDP

The economic vampires must salivate about this opportunity all night and day.

rsynnott|4 months ago

Why shouldn't it be? GDP is _economic production (for some value of economic production) for a year_. It's not all that closely linked to wealth.