THE GROWTH DELUSION

According to GDP, the economy is in a golden era: economic growth has risensteadily over the past seventy years and shows no sign of stopping. But if this is thecase, why are we living in such fractured times, with global populism on the riseand wealth inequality as stark as ever?In this book, author and prize-winning journalist David Pilling demystifies GrossDomestic Product, a tool that meas ures the goods and services a countryproduces in a set period. Revered by economists, GDP is considered evidence ofa country's succe ss and we...[Read more]