Lazy Sunday, I've finished reading my favorite.Growth: A History and a Reckoning
#danielsusskind #booksky
One of Barack Obama’s 10 Favorite Books of the Year
One of the New Yorker’s Best Books of the Year
Finalist for the Financial Times Best Book of the Year
A photo of the cover of the book Growth: A History and a Reckoning by Daniel Susskind. It's a well-designed cover that features the word "growth" in large white letters that increase in size from left to rigtht, mimicking the appearance of the kind of chart that illustrates GDP growth in economics against a blue backdrop.
1 #Growth: A History and A Reckoning by #DanielSusskind is a good #read. It's most interesting aspect is the conclusion that Susskind arrives at: we have to stop thinking of #GDP #growth as society's monolithic goal and start thinking in terms of tradeoffs with other #values ... 🧵
“In my view, we ought to use the #market in a radical way, making #prices a better reflection of what we collectively value, rather than dismantling it altogether.” - #DanielSusskind, #Growth: A History and A Reckoning
“In short, one of the best things a society can do to promote the discovery of #newideas is to allow more #immigration.” - #DanielSusskind, #Growth: A History and a Reckoning
“Growth is one of the stupidest purposes ever invented by any #culture … we’ve got to have an ‘enough’.” - #DonellaMeadows, as quoted by #DanielSusskind in #Growth: A History and A Reckoning
“The methodology might be impressively sophisticated. Armies of extremely well-qualified #statisticians might be responsible for producing it. But in the end, what #GDP actually represents is far fuzzier, far more contested, and far more inconclusive than is commonly supposed.” - #DanielSusskind
“Today, we live in #societies that prioritize #growth. The central goal of #economic #policy in most countries is ‘more #GDP.’ And most people in their honest moments, would acknowledge this fact.” - #DanielSusskind, Growth: A History and A Reckoning
