Plugging the gaping holes in economic data: podcast
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Measuring growth requires reliable information about an economy's output. But the established methods are hopelessly out of date. In this episode of The Big View podcast, economist Diane Coyle discusses ways in which statistics could be improved, and why change is so hard.
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