{"id":132,"date":"2019-07-22T03:15:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T03:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2019\/7\/22\/2019-7-22-episode-130-demystifying-gdp\/"},"modified":"2019-12-31T12:56:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T07:26:32","slug":"episode-130-demystifying-gdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2019\/7\/22\/episode-130-demystifying-gdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 130: Demystifying GDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/10592198\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/216869\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">In recent times, the GDP has become less of an economic measure and more of a political tool. Economist Rajeswari Sengupta joins Amit Varma in episode 130 of The Seen and the Unseen to explain what the GDP is, what it is good for, what it is not good for and what the fuss over this figure in India is all about. This episode has immeasurable value.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Also check out:<br \/>\n1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.igidr.ac.in\/staff\/sengupta-rajeswari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rajeswari Sengupta\u2019s writings<\/a>.<br \/>\n2. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.theleapjournal.org\/2016\/09\/the-great-indian-gdp-measurement.html\">The Great Indian GDP Measurement Controversy<\/a> \u2014 Rajeswari Sengupta<br \/>\n3. <a href=\"https:\/\/rasemedia.blogspot.com\/2016\/03\/real-gdp-is-growing-at-5-not-71.html\">Real GDP is growing at 5%, not 7.1%<\/a> \u2014 Rajeswari Sengupta<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideasforindia.in\/topics\/macroeconomics\/gdp-conundrum-is-india-booming.html\">GDP conundrum: Is India booming?<\/a> \u2014 Rajeswari Sengupta<br \/>\n5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/GDP-Affectionate-History-Revised-expanded\/dp\/0691169853\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=diane+coyle&amp;qid=1563593235&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>GDP \u2013 A Brief but Affectionate History<\/em><\/a> \u2014 Diane Coyle<br \/>\n6. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Gross-Domestic-Problem-Politics-Controversies-ebook\/dp\/B00AR0X7W6\/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Fioramonti+economic+controversies&amp;qid=1563593349&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Gross Domestic Problem<\/em><\/a> \u2014 Lorenzo Fioramonti<br \/>\n7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Power-Single-Number-Political-History-ebook\/dp\/B01EB74DFU\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Philipp+Lepenies&amp;qid=1563593470&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Power of a Single Number<\/em><\/a> \u2014 Philipp Lepenies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent times, the GDP has become less of an economic measure and more of a political tool. Economist Rajeswari Sengupta joins Amit Varma in episode 130 of The Seen and the Unseen to explain what the GDP is, what it is good for, what it is not good for and what the fuss over &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Episode 130: Demystifying GDP\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2019\/7\/22\/episode-130-demystifying-gdp\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Episode 130: Demystifying GDP\">Read show notes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8517,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions\/8517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}