Тред №70285

Ещё на тему фиктивной экономики США. Тут уже поднимался вопрос, почему там затраты на разработку ПО относят к инвестициям в основной капитал. Оказывается, эта особенность уникальна для США среди других развитых стран, в которых затраты на разработку ПО относятся на издержки:

Цитатаhttp://larouchepub.com/other/2000/ref_quality_adj_2742.html
Now, add in the second element, that the United States is alone among major nations in counting business expenditures for computer software as if it were a capital investment. Between the second quarter 1998 and the second quarter 2000, when stated in 1996 (chained) inflation-adjusted dollars, the business expenditure for so-called capital investment in computer software rose from $146.7 billion to $227.5 billion, an increase of $80.8 billion. This increase of $80.8 billion increased the capital investment portion of the Gross Domestic Private Investment part of GDP. This in turn increased GDP. But in all other major nations, this investment in computer software would be counted as a business expense, and not as a capital investment, and therefore it would not increase GDP. Therefore, the increase in capital investment for computer software of $80.8 billion is a fake, unique to the United States.

В результате это увеличивает ВВП в отчётах.
(кстати, статья про "гедонистический индекс" американской статистики).