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Verlagstext:

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is arguably the best-known statistic in the contemporary world, and certainly amongst the most powerful. It drives government policy and sets priorities in a variety of vital social fields - from schooling to healthcare. Yet for perhaps the first time since it was invented in the 1930s, this popular icon of economic growth has come to be regarded by a wide range of people as a 'problem'. After all, does our quality of life really improve when our economy grows 2 or 3%? Can we continue to sacrifice the environment to safeguard a vision of the world based on the illusion of infinite economic growth? In Gross Domestic Problem, Lorenzo Fioramonti takes apart the 'content' of GDP - what it measures, what it doesn't and why - and reveals the powerful political interests that have allowed it to dominate today's economies. In doing so, he demonstrates just how little relevance GDP has to moral principles such as equity, social justice and redistribution, and shows that an alternative is possible, as evinced by the 'de-growth' movement and initiatives such as transition towns..

(Stichwörter: Bruttoinlandsprodukt, Wachstumskritik, Soziale Gerechtigkeit, De-Growth, Decroissance ...)

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"Going beyond the flaws of using Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which many have highlighted, this inspiring book by Fioramonti provides a much needed history of the development of GDP and an analysis of how it has been (mis)used to define progress. Seeing the problem of government policy priorities having been led astray, Fioramonti provides a thorough and up-to-date picture of the various initiatives that have emerged to demote the role of GDP. Not naive in its recognition of the challenges faced by this endeavour, Gross Domestic Problem is an excellent read for academics and activists alike." – Saamah Abdallah, The New Economics Foundation Introduction: The world's most powerful number

Aus dem Inhalt:

1. The history of GDP: from crisis to crisis

2. The Frankenstein syndrome

3. The global quest to dethrone GDP

4. Change from below

Conclusion: Supremacy and resistance