Upstream Stop GDP with Martin Whitlock
May 16, 2016
Martin Whitlock, co-founder of Stop-GDP.org and author of Human Politics : Human Value, discusses how GDP is a scam and why the money economy is a terrible idea. He explores the discrepancy between personal and economic value, proposes alternatives to measuring the economy, and emphasizes the importance of well-being over GDP.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
The Connection Between Being a Builder and a Writer, and Shying Away from the Term Economist
02:17 • 2min
Observations on How People Operate and the Discrepancy with Institutions
04:34 • 5min
The Disconnect Between Value in the Economy
09:33 • 22min
Introduction to Second Half of Program
31:51 • 3min
Changing the Measurement of GDP
35:18 • 21min