Google bigger than India GDP? Sanjeev Bikhchandani exposes the flaw in that viral claim
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A viral claim that Google, with its $4 trillion market capitalisation, is now "bigger" than India caught the attention of billionaire Sanjeev Bikhchandani, the founder of Info Edge. While such comparisons grab headlines, Bikhchandani quickly clarified the key flaw: market cap is a stock variable reflecting investor expectations, not a direct measure of economic output like GDP, a flow variable tracking annual production. "It's a bit like someone saying 'My house is worth more than your annual salary so I am better off than you,'" Bikhchandani wrote on social media platform X, dismantling what he called "the fallacy of the inapt analogy." Also read: Rs 6 lakh crore in 6 months! PSU banks are eating private lenders' lunch and the rally isn't over yet The post was triggered by a tweet claiming Google had surpassed India in size, pointing to Alphabet's market cap of roughly $4 trillion aga...