Firstly, nobody said 'the economy' so I don't know why you're even putting it in quotation marks.
Secondly, GDP is the best measure of output / value-add we have, and it's significantly up, despite jobs being down.
Output going up with fewer people means more productivity. That's the point that was being made.
Recessions are measured in economics by tracking GDP, which the person I replied to said we're in. We're not.
Whatever concept of "the economy" you had in mind to bring more nuance and refinement to a discussion, which is possible and welcome, and which you haven't bothered to add, doesn't refute the basics above.
