In this review of Diane Coyle’s GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History (Princeton University Press, 2013), Tily asks, when and how did GDP growth become the central focus of policymaking? Younger readers may be more surprised by the answers than older ones…
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how many pages this book has?
Tily provides a scholarly critique that rightly emphasises how the context of GDP changes dramatically with its intended purpose.