If economists want to have accurate empirical data they should research the empirical tool of double entry bookkeeping which records every transaction in the economy and so is the most integrated infrastructure within and upon which the entirety of the economy/commerce exists. Then, if they thought economically about its structure (digital) recognized that the pricing and money systems were also digital and then crafted a digital monetary gifting policy to be implemented at its terminal ending and summing point for all costs and so all prices at retail sale….they’d invert/transform the monetarily scarce and austere nature of the economy into one of abundance….just like every paradigm change does.