You're making an unfounded ad hominem comment like Ivo, ie Fioramonti doesn't understand GDP and its measurement (sic). I read the original and generally agreed with his central point the pursuit of growth at all costs can and often leads to social and environmental externalities. There are numerous examples - China, Brazil's massive deforestation, etc. And the US: its economy is the largest at 22% of the world's but its national debt has been increasing and today is larger than its GDP. If China, Japan and creditor nations demanded repayment it could hypothetically lead to conflict and/or the collapse of  the world's financial system bec the US can't pay. America is rich and innovative but like many developed countries its unbridled consumerism is its almost fatal flaw. Consumerism, often for goods we don't really need, drives growth but is also a weakness.  That's what Fioramonti was also saying if only you, and Ivo, understood and took off the ideological blinkers.