Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/lASts9t Gross Domestic Problem The Politics Behind the World's Most Powerful Number By: Doctor Lorenzo Fioramonti Publisher: Zed Books, Limited Print ISBN: 9781780322735, 1780322739 eText ISBN: 9781780322759, 1780322755 Edition: 1st Format: EPUB Available from $ 19.95 USD SKU 9781780322759 Gross domestic product is arguably the best-known statistic in the contemporary world, and certainly amongst the most powerful. It drives government policy and sets priorities in a variety of vital social fields - from schooling to healthcare. Yet for perhaps the first time since it was invented in the 1930s, this popular icon of economic growth has come to be regarded by a wide range of people as a 'problem'. After all, does our quality of life really improve when our economy grows 2 or 3 per cent? Can we continue to sacrifice the environment to safeguard a vision of the world based on the illusion of infinite economic growth? Lorenzo Fioramonti takes apart the 'content' of GDP - what it measures, what it doesn't and why - and reveals the powerful political interests that have allowed it to dominate today's economies. In doing so, he demonstrates just how little relevance GDP has to moral principles such as equity, social justice and redistribution, and shows that an alternative is possible, as evinced by the 'de-growth' movement and initiatives such as transition towns. A startling insight into the politics of a number that has come to dominate our everyday lives. Additional ISBNs 9781780322728, 1780322720
