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Macroeconomics 2: GDP & What Counts

Macroeconomics 2: GDP & What Counts

FromPlanet Money Summer School


Macroeconomics 2: GDP & What Counts

FromPlanet Money Summer School

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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Jul 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What even is "the economy"? And how do you measure it? Our path out of the economic darkness and into the light has been guided in large part by one single statistic: GDP. This week: the origins, history, and problems with the economic indicator to rule them all. | At this Summer School, phones ARE allowed during class... Check out this week's PM TikTok! | Listen to past seasons of Summer School here.
Released:
Jul 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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