GDP - The True Story of a Made Up Thing

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We're back a second straight quarter of g d p. Growth is what we want, not contraction. But why do we want growth? What does it really get us? Listen to criminal now, wherever you get your pod casts. Listening to day is explaine to day explained.

The US economy has shrunk for two consecutive quarters. That’s technically a recession. But economists aren’t so sure we’re actually in one. Madeleine Ngo and Jacob Goldstein explain.

This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.

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