Ep. 130: Demystifying GDP
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The GDP and the Controversies in India
The GDP as we know it was later born at the time of World War II and Keynes again played a part publishing a book in 1940 called How to Pay for the War. Rajeshwari Senkupta is an economist who works at the IGIDR and has written important papers and articles in GDP which will be linked from the show notes. Amit Bhagavan: Had the GDP existed as a measure in 1919 could we have avoided World War II? Welcome to the scene and the unseen our weekly podcast on economics politics and behavioral science.
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