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Macroeconomics 2: GDP & What Counts
Episode 17

Macroeconomics 2: GDP & What Counts

Planet Money Summer School · NPR

July 21, 202224m 30s

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Show Notes

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.

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