How does our obsession with GDP incentivise activity like that of the Betfred Tycoons?

Alfie Stirling on talkRADIO

17 January 2020

Head of Economics Alfie Stirling explains to Matthew Wright how our measure of economic success enables companies to profit from problems they contribute to.

Topics Macroeconomics

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