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    Beyond the Numbers: Decoding Modern Economics

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    From ancient household management to global systems, explore how economies actually work, why growth obsession dominates, and what the data really tells us about inequality and sustainability.

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    GDP is a decent measure of economic activity, but it's a terrible measure of human flourishing. It only measures transactions, not whether those transactions represent genuine improvements in well-being.

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