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The Spark: Ehsan Masood and GDP

Ehsan Masood and GDP

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Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times.

Helen Lewis interviews people offering solutions for our times. Science journalist Ehsan Masood explains what's wrong with GDP as a measure of success - and how it can be changed.

Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times.

Science journalist Ehsan Masood, author of GDP: the World's Most Powerful Formula and Why It Must Now Change. explains what he thinks is wrong with Gross Domestic Product as a measure of a country's economic success. He tells Helen what alternatives are on offer - and how he thinks GDP can and should be radically reformed. 

Producer: Phil Tinline

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