What the Second Quarter GDP Estimates Reveal*

Dec 7th 2020, Prabhat Patnaik
Government spokespersons exhibited much euphoria over "only" a 7.5% drop in growth over the second quarter, compared to that of 2019-20, although with the 23.9% first quarter drop, the talk had been of a "stronger recovery". However, even this recovery appears both dubious and immiserizing.
    
* This article was originally published in People's Democracy on December 6, 2020.


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