This week we explore our collective obsession with GDP and ask whether we need an alternative or to move away from simplistic stats altogether.
Words of Affirmation is a podcast from Care Full, hosted by Hannah Webster & Ruth Hannan.
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This week we talked about:
Emma Holten’s book Deficit: How Feminist Economics Can Save Our World
Adrienne Buller’s book Value of a Whale
Creativity in capitalism inspired by a Margate Sounds event
This documentary Can Degrowth Save the World on the BBC
Oxfam, JRF and the UN on a world beyond GDP (here, here and here respectively)
Our music for the episode is Bobby Bertoli’s Rebirth (thanks Bob x).