What’s the problem with GDP?

FromThe Bulletin with UBS

Start listening View podcast show

What’s the problem with GDP?

FromThe Bulletin with UBS

ratings:

Length:

11 minutes

Released:

Feb 27, 2023

Format:

Podcast episode

Description

UBS Global Wealth Management chief economist Paul Donovan joins the show to discuss some of the perennial issues with GDP as a metric and how the fourth industrial revolution is upending its primacy as a measure of growth.

Released:

Feb 27, 2023

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Delivering insights into the people, places and products shaping the financial week ahead. Hear from the finest minds and freshest thinkers as they take you beyond the numbers and the hype to get to the heart of the day’s big issues.

Skip carousel

The UBS CIO Q3 Outlook by The Bulletin with UBS
15 min listen
The US midterm elections: We count down to the vote on 8 November, gauge the state of the race, consider the key questions that are shaping the discourse and ask what all of this means for investors. Hear from two of the key contributors to UBS’s ElectionWatch as they report on the theme: Tom McLoughlin, head of fixed income for the Americas, and Nadia Lovell, senior US equity strategist. Plus: Lydia Saad, director of US social research at Gallup, on what the latest polling reveals about voter priorities. by The Bulletin with UBS
26 min listen
The UBS CIO thematic guide by The Bulletin with UBS
24 min listen
Spotlight on food security by The Bulletin with UBS
17 min listen
UBS Annual Reserve Manager Survey 2022 by The Bulletin with UBS
20 min listen
Economic holiday blues by The Bulletin with UBS
12 min listen
Discovering resilience by The Bulletin with UBS
20 min listen
Driving decarbonisation of the real economy: ‘The Green Inflection Point’ is a new white paper from the UBS Sustainability & Impact Institute. Two members of the institute – Francis Condon, head of thematic engagement at UBS Asset Management and Adam Gustafsson, who works for the UBS AM data science team, – discuss some of the key actions that the financial sector must take to accelerate decarbonisation of the real economy. by The Bulletin with UBS
18 min listen
The UBS Sustainable Finance Conference by The Bulletin with UBS
19 min listen
UBS Global Visionaries: Christoph Gebald of Climeworks by The Bulletin with UBS
21 min listen
The UBS House View Monthly by The Bulletin with UBS
18 min listen
The UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index 2022: We explore the annual report that brings an up-to-date take on global urban-housing markets and gauges the “bubble risk” in the residential property markets of 25 major international cities. The 2022 edition sets a scene characterised by strong house-price growth, high imbalances in certain geographies and ongoing issues around affordability. It also charts the increase in household leveraging and how the return of people to major cities continues to drive urbanisation. With Matthias Holzhey, Dean Turner and Jonathan Woloshin. by The Bulletin with UBS
24 min listen
From ozone to oxygen: opportunities and risks in natural capital by The Bulletin with UBS
20 min listen
What might profit-driven inflation mean?: In the latest in an occasional series, the chief economist in UBS Global Wealth Management, Paul Donovan, joins the show to talk us through some of the key topics that he has been following and writing about as we enter 2023. Today’s programme explores what profit-driven inflation might mean. by The Bulletin with UBS
11 min listen
The future of US-China engagement by The Bulletin with UBS
20 min listen
UBS European Conference review part II: monetary policy: The next in our series of specials exploring the key panels and themes from the 2022 edition. After our programme on cryptocurrencies and before we turn the lens on private equity, we focus on monetary policy. Joining the programme on either side of the Atlantic are two great guests from UBS Investment Bank: chief European economist Reinhard Cluse and his US counterpart, Jonathan Pingle. by The Bulletin with UBS
17 min listen
‘Learning for Life’ by The Bulletin with UBS
39 min listen
Nobel Perspectives: Robert Wilson and Paul Milgrom: To help address the big questions that shape our world UBS has sought out a number of Nobel laureates in the economic sciences to ask them to share insights, discuss their research and open their inquiring minds. This week we hear from the laureates recognised in 2020 for their improvements to auction theory and the inventions of new auction formats. by The Bulletin with UBS
16 min listen
Gender lens investing: Gender lens investing is an attempt to address one of the great inefficiencies of the financial system: its failure to effectively channel money to female entrepreneurs and female-led businesses. Gender Smart is a global field-building initiative dedicated to unlocking the deployment of strategic, effective gender-smart capital at scale. We hear from its co-founder about the Gender Smart Investing Summit and the ‘State of The Field 2022’ report. Plus: insights from UBS Global Wealth Management chief economist, Paul Donovan. by The Bulletin with UBS
23 min listen
Nature-based Solutions: Explore a compelling report with a truly global scope from The UBS Optimus Foundation in APAC and project partners Mana Impact and EnviroStrat. The report demonstrates how nature-based solutions can be better understood and employed to address global environmental and biodiversity challenges. With Optimus Foundation’s CEO Maya Ziswiler, Patti Chu of Mana Impact and EnviroStrat’s Cerasela Stancu. by The Bulletin with UBS
23 min listen
UBS European Conference review – Part III: Private Equity: The last in our series of specials exploring the key panels and themes from the 2022 edition. After programmes on cryptocurrencies and monetary policy, we turn the lens on private equity. Joining the programme is Simona Maellare, who runs Alternative Capital Group globally for UBS. by The Bulletin with UBS
12 min listen
Locarno Film Festival and ‘Futurespectives’ by The Bulletin with UBS
18 min listen
International Women’s Day Special: To mark International Women’s Day, we dive into a new report from the UBS CIO entitled ‘Women and Investing: Planning for Your Legacy’. The report trains a lens on the goal of legacy: how women investors define it, the best allocation of resources to meet those objectives and the importance of putting a financial plan in place for the smooth transfer of wealth. Marianna Mamou, head, advice beyond investing in the Chief Investment Office of UBS Global Wealth Management and author of the report, joins us to explain more. by The Bulletin with UBS
14 min listen
Nobel perspectives: David Card by The Bulletin with UBS
14 min listen
The Ukraine Relief Fund – one year on: A special programme marking the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the creation of the Ukraine Relief Fund by the UBS Optimus Foundation: an extraordinary mobilisation of capital and a triumph of collaboration. With us to reflect on its prospects and imperatives for the future are the CEO of the Optimus Foundation and the leaders of two local partners whom UBS has supported in their vital work on the frontlines. by The Bulletin with UBS
44 min listen
UBS European conference review part I: cryptocurrencies: The first of a series of specials exploring the key panels and themes from the 2022 edition. Ahead of programmes focused on monetary policy and private equity, we begin with a deep dive into cryptocurrencies and CBDCs with James Malcolm, UBS Head of FX strategy and cryptocurrency research. by The Bulletin with UBS
20 min listen
Focus on private markets: the food revolution: On last week’s programme we dipped into the UBS Global Wealth Management CIO Q4 outlook and (among other things) we talked about private markets with alternative-investment strategist Antoinette Zuidweg. She is back this week to share further private-market insights – this time focusing on the longer-term investment theme of the food revolution. Plus: Wayne Gordon explains how investors can position themselves to take advantage in this space. by The Bulletin with UBS
15 min listen
How can currencies affect your wealth strategy? by The Bulletin with UBS
18 min listen
The UBS Greater China Conference part II: Global economic outlook: Further highlights from UBS’s annual flagship event, the 23rd edition of which took place last month with the theme, ‘The Way Ahead’. UBS global chief economist Arend Kapteyn, chief European economist Reinhard Cluse, their US counterpart Jonathan Pingle and head of Asia economics Tao Wang discuss the global economic and policy outlook. by The Bulletin with UBS
22 min listen
Nobel Perspectives: Guido Imbens: To help address the big questions that shape our world, UBS has sought out a number of Nobel laureates in the economic sciences to ask them to share insights, discuss their research and open their inquiring minds. This week, we hear from Guido Imbens, the 2021 winner for his work on causal relationships, and discuss how natural experiments can lead to more credible research. by The Bulletin with UBS
16 min listen

More Episodes from The Bulletin with UBS

Skip carousel

Invest in renewable infrastructure by The Bulletin with UBS
18 min listen
Living well till 100 by The Bulletin with UBS
15 min listen
ElectionWatch 2024: Implications of the US election for Europe by The Bulletin with UBS
18 min listen
The future of artificial intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton and De Kai by The Bulletin with UBS
27 min listen
Blended finance by The Bulletin with UBS
20 min listen
The next stage: Q2 outlook by The Bulletin with UBS
24 min listen
Global Investment Returns Yearbook by The Bulletin with UBS
22 min listen
Art Basel Hong Kong special by The Bulletin with UBS
24 min listen
UBS Global Consumer & Retail Conference by The Bulletin with UBS
23 min listen
The Art Basel & UBS Global Art Market Report 2024 by The Bulletin with UBS
26 min listen
International Women’s Day special by The Bulletin with UBS
17 min listen
The UBS Financial Services Conference by The Bulletin with UBS
18 min listen
ElectionWatch: implications of a potential rematch by The Bulletin with UBS
16 min listen
A milestone for the S&P 500 by The Bulletin with UBS
14 min listen
The danger of round numbers by The Bulletin with UBS
11 min listen
Solving the biodiversity challenge: part 2 by The Bulletin with UBS
18 min listen
Closing the education disadvantage gap by The Bulletin with UBS
43 min listen
‘Bloom or Bust’: solving the biodiversity challenge by The Bulletin with UBS
24 min listen
What’s ahead for crypto in 2024? by The Bulletin with UBS
20 min listen
Looking ahead part two: the next decade by The Bulletin with UBS
13 min listen
Looking ahead part one: the next 12 months by The Bulletin with UBS
28 min listen
UBS Philanthropy Compass by The Bulletin with UBS
18 min listen
UBS Billionaire Ambitions Report 2023 by The Bulletin with UBS
14 min listen
UBS European Conference review part three: economic equality by The Bulletin with UBS
17 min listen
UBS European Conference review part two: equity markets by The Bulletin with UBS
16 min listen
Focus on China by The Bulletin with UBS
22 min listen
UBS European Conference review part one: US and European outlook by The Bulletin with UBS
20 min listen
Another “Roaring Twenties” for the US? by The Bulletin with UBS
15 min listen
The Art Basel & UBS Survey of Global Collecting 2023 by The Bulletin with UBS
17 min listen
From the archive: Daniel Kahneman by The Bulletin with UBS
19 min listen

Discover this podcast and so much more

What’s the problem with GDP?

What’s the problem with GDP?

Description

Titles in the series (100)

More Episodes from The Bulletin with UBS