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Daniel Susskind, "Growth: A History and a Reckoning" (Harvard UP, 2024)

New Books in Economics

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The Value of Sharing Ideas and Critique of GDP Measurement

This chapter explores the benefits of sharing ideas and knowledge, emphasizing that sharing can enhance the value of ideas. It also critiques the limitations of GDP as a measure of economic activity, discussing technical and moral constraints and advocating for 'GDP minimalism' to correct technical flaws rather than use GDP as a measure of social value.

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