&gt; ... we’re looking at 2–3% growth from here on out. So, by this completely rational view of the &quot;pie,&quot; it is, in fact, trending towards a zero sum game.<p>Not only does GDP not measure wealth, but as wealth increases you might actually expect GDP to decrease. E.g. when self-driving cars put 20M Americans out of work, wealth will have increased, but the GDP will decrease.