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Economic Growth

Output, innovation, productivity, sustainability – all these concepts and more affect the growth and development of economies. But should macroeconomic growth always be the ultimate goal for a society? Titles in this channel deal with the components of development and the impacts of changes in nations’ growth trajectories.

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7 Article

Is Your Phone the Reason You Feel Broke?

The smartphone economy is booming — and it also feels awful.
John Herrman
New York Magazine, 2023
8 Report

Machines of Mind

The Case for an AI-Powered Productivity Boom
Martin Neil Baily et al.
Brookings Institution, 2023
8 Report
Olivia Moore and Anish Acharya
a16z, 2023
8 Report
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board, 2018
9 Article
Noah Smith
Noah Smith, 2022
8 Podcast

Beyond GDP

Measuring What Matters
Natalie Pierce et al.
World Economic Forum, 2021
8 Book

The Great Demographic Reversal

Ageing Societies, Waning Inequality, and an Inflation Revival
Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan
Palgrave Macmillan, 2020
7 Report

Striking a Balance Between Well-Being and Growth

The 2018 Sustainable Economic Development Assessment
Joao Hrotko et al.
Boston Consulting Group, 2018
8 Book

Limits to Growth

The 30-Year Update
Donella Meadows et al.
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2004
7 Article

The Resurgence of the Rest

Can Emerging Markets Find New Paths to Growth?
Ruchir Sharma
Foreign Affairs, 2021
7 Report

Global Economic Outlook 2021: Europe

Uncertainty Lingers in 2021, Slow Growth Returns for the Long Term
The Conference Board
The Conference Board, 2020
8 Article

Can We Have Prosperity Without Growth?

The critique of economic growth, once a fringe position, is gaining widespread attention in the face of the climate crisis.
John Cassidy
The New Yorker, 2020