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#964 Steve Keen: Rebuilding Economics from the Top Down

The Dissenter

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Understanding GDP and Income Inequality

This chapter explores the concept of GDP, discussing its measurement of the total value of goods and services produced in an economy and its exclusion of transactions involving existing goods. It also delves into the relationship between global GDP, energy consumption, and income inequality, emphasizing the need for a distributional measure to address disparities. The conversation highlights challenges in obtaining income distribution data and contrasts China's approach to improving income for the poorest individuals with the lack of similar actions in the West.

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