Economic Progress

Is it just the heat, or does the concept of ‘uneconomic growth’ make a lot more sense now?

A steady-state economy that taps the brakes on GDP may not be suitable for a developing country where maintaining growth is a matter of life and death.

A steady-state economy that taps the brakes on GDP may not be suitable for a developing country where maintaining growth is a matter of life and death. Image: REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

John Letzing
Digital Editor, Strategic Intelligence, World Economic Forum
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Graph showing co-relation between annual global GDP per capita (in US$) and annual number of natural disasters globally.
Graph showing co-relation between annual global GDP per capita (in US$) and annual number of natural disasters globally.

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