Philipp Lepenies

Philipp Lepenies is a visiting professor in political science at the Free University of Berlin.

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EconomicsAUG 16, 2016 11

Why GDP?

Gross domestic product is the most powerful metric in history – "one of the great inventions of the twentieth century," according to the US Commerce Department. But the utility and persistence of GDP … read more

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