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A world without GDP: Rethinking economic progress!

Published January, 2025

A world without GDP: Rethinking economic progress! By Aditi Maheshwari, The Times of India, 21st January 2025

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For decades, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has stood as the ultimate yardstick of a nation’s economic success. A single number, it aggregates the monetary value of all goods and services produced within a country over a specific time period. But what if we were to abandon GDP altogether? What would economic progress look like if we no longer worshipped at the altar of this oft-criticized metric? To envision a world…

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Aditi Maheshwari

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