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The Divide: Why We Need To Stop Obsessing Over GDP | Dr Jason Hickel
The world economy is growing – but not fairly. Only 5% of new income from global growth goes to the poorest 60% of humanity. At this rate, does GDP growth a meaningful solution to poverty? And given the reality of ecological breakdown, is growth even something we should pursue? In this video, Dr Jason Hickel – author of The Divide – lays out how Gross Domestic Product fails to capture the big picture of global growth, and how GDP growth might even be destroying the ecosystems we depend on for our survival. The Divide is aimed at anyone interested in how the global rich get richer while the poor stay poor; it’s your primer on why unfairness is baked into the world system – and what we can do to change it. Order your copy of The Divide here: http://bit.ly/JasonHickelDivide ________________________ Subscribe to the Penguin channel: https://ift.tt/2ygTzig Follow us here: Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/penguinukbooks Website | https://ift.tt/xNmtGX Instagram | https://ift.tt/2ygyyo2 Facebook | https://ift.tt/2wmBKky

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