GDP measures the wrong things. Here's something better.
In 1953, a group of economists got together to create the Gross Domestic Product: a way to measure everything that involves a market transaction. But GDP doesn't measure the single biggest contributor to almost every nation's economy—the unpaid labour performed every day in homes, in families, and by volunteers—and it doesn't account for the cost of externalities like the environment. In this funny, engaging and enlightening talk, noted economist Dr Marilyn Waring makes a compelling and accessible argument for finding a better way to measure what counts.