Thus, if everyone’s money incomes rose by 2% from one year to the next, while the prices of all goods and services also rose by 2%, the official calculation would show no change in real incomes, even if new products and important quality improvements contributed to our wellbeing. Indeed, the US government does not count the value created by Internet services like Google and Facebook as income at all, because these services are not purchased.
因此，如果所有人的货币收入较一年前增加了2%，而所有商品和服务的价格也上涨了2%，则官方测算将表明实际收入没有变化，即使新产品和重要质量改进增加了我们的福利。事实上，美国政府根本没有将谷歌和Facebook等互联网服务所创造的价值计算在内，因为这些服务没有被购买。