Interview with Lorenzo Fioramonti on the world after GDP

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Description

Based on the lecture that Lorenzo Fioramonti gave at the Scottish Parliament on 19th April 2017, and our subsequent discussion.

Period24 Apr 2017

Media contributions

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Media contributions

  • TitleLorenzo Fioramonti interview: the man who would rid the world of GDP
    Media name/outletThe Conversation
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date24/04/17
    DescriptionThe South African economist Lorenzo Fioramonti is one of the leading critics of the fact that we measure the well-being of society using a single statistic. In three books, most recently The World After GDP (2015), he argues that the economic activity captured in gross domestic product (GDP) has been the priority for policies and incentives around the world for the past few decades – with disastrous results.
    URLhttps://theconversation.com/lorenzo-fioramonti-interview-the-man-who-would-rid-the-world-of-gdp-76473
    PersonsRobert Irvine Mochrie

Keywords

  • Fioramonti
  • GDP
  • neo-liberalism