Ep. 130: Demystifying GDP
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Politics of GDP
GDP is a very nebulous number and we need to recognize that. But also the count of you to that which strikes me is that in a democracy, especially a democracy which you could argue is going through turbulent times as might be in India. I think there should have been a lot more discussion about improving unemployment or non-employment measures rather than improving GDP measures. It's a very very abstract notion as opposed to jobs. We are at an impasse after demonetization," he said.
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