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The Great Slowdown and Why It's Good, with Danny Dorling and Linda Yueh

The Great Slowdown and Why It's Good, with Danny Dorling and Linda Yueh

FromIntelligence Squared


The Great Slowdown and Why It's Good, with Danny Dorling and Linda Yueh

FromIntelligence Squared

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Length:
64 minutes
Released:
May 5, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Intelligence Squared+. The world's best speakers. Your questions. £4.99 per month.Intelligence Squared+ will bring you live, interactive events every week on our new online platform. Just like at our real-life events, you’ll be able to put your questions to our speakers, vote in live polls and interact with other members of the audience. Your subscription will give you access to multiple events featuring the world’s top thinkers and opinion formers, including Thomas Piketty, Margaret Atwood, Clive Woodward, Thomas Friedman, Meera Syal and Paloma Faith.For a full list of Intelligence Squared+ events and to subscribe, click here: https://bit.ly/2yfYIfm------------------------------The end of our high-growth world was underway well before Covid-19 arrived. According to Danny Dorling fertility rates, growth in GDP per person, and even technological progress have all steadily declined since the 1970's. Rather than lament this turn of events, Dorling says we should embrace it as a moment of promise and a move toward stability. Dorling was interviewed by economist and broadcaster Linda Yueh, you can find out more about his new book Slowdown here: https://bit.ly/3foP5M2
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Released:
May 5, 2020
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