Comments on: What’s the GDP of Harry Potter? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/06/whats-the-gdp-of-harry-potter/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Jonathan Dunn http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/06/whats-the-gdp-of-harry-potter/comment-page-1/#comment-282862 Jonathan Dunn Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:57:17 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/06/whats-the-gdp-of-harry-potter/#comment-282862 Very interesting fact. I wonder how Harry Potter stacks up when we start looking at measures like job creation or productivity? Quite favorably, I'd imagine. True, the Afghan number would be higher if the drug trade was included, but what about HP merchandise or the incremental revenue generated for the book stores by all the additional foot traffic? Thanks for sharing this. Very interesting fact. I wonder how Harry Potter stacks up when we start looking at measures like job creation or productivity? Quite favorably, I’d imagine.

True, the Afghan number would be higher if the drug trade was included, but what about HP merchandise or the incremental revenue generated for the book stores by all the additional foot traffic?

Thanks for sharing this.

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