{
  "title": "Stiglitz: Why We Need Inclusive Growth",
  "publication": "IMF Podcasts, September 29, 2011",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/stiglitz-why-we-need-inclusive-growth",
  "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/stiglitz-why-we-need-inclusive-growth",
  "overlayPath": "/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/stiglitz-why-we-need-inclusive-growth/index.md",
  "summary": "Ellingvag/Corbis) - Stiglitz: Why We Need Inclusive Growth In This Episode For over half a century, gross domestic product has been used as the single most important measure of a country’s progress.",
  "publishDate": "2011-09-29",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Main argument",
      "content": "- For over half a century, gross domestic product has been used as the single most important measure of a country’s progress.\n- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate and Economist, Columbia University, argues that GDP fails to reflect a nation’s overall well-being.\n- Growth without inclusiveness can lead to instability.\n- Stiglitz advocates for a more holistic view of growth and for more inclusive growth."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- GDP is insufficient as the sole measure of national progress.\n- Inclusive growth is necessary to avoid instability associated with growth that is not broadly shared."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Distribution platforms",
      "content": "- Libsyn\n- Spotify\n- YouTube\n- Soundcloud\n- Apple"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Production credits",
      "content": "- Host/Producer: Bruce Edwards, International Monetary Fund\n  - Bruce Edwards produces the IMF podcast program and is an award-winning audio producer and journalist who has covered armed conflicts, social unrest, and natural disasters from all corners of the world.\n- Contributor/Producer: Rhoda Metcalfe, independent journalist and audio producer."
    }
  ],
  "bullets": [
    "For over half a century, gross domestic product has been used as the single most important measure of a country’s progress.",
    "Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate and Economist, Columbia University, argues that GDP fails to reflect a nation’s overall well-being.",
    "Growth without inclusiveness can lead to instability.",
    "Stiglitz advocates for a more holistic view of growth and for more inclusive growth.",
    "GDP is insufficient as the sole measure of national progress.",
    "Inclusive growth is necessary to avoid instability associated with growth that is not broadly shared.",
    "Libsyn",
    "Spotify",
    "YouTube",
    "Soundcloud",
    "Apple",
    "Host/Producer: Bruce Edwards, International Monetary Fund",
    "Contributor/Producer: Rhoda Metcalfe, independent journalist and audio producer.",
    "[Stiglitz (MP3)](/-/media/websites/imf/imported-podcast/imported-podcast-mp3/external/podcast/2011/stiglitz.mp3){rel=\"external\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"}"
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "title": "Stiglitz",
      "role": "other",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/-/media/websites/imf/imported-podcast/imported-podcast-mp3/external/podcast/2011/stiglitz.mp3",
      "binary": {
        "path": "/-/media/websites/imf/imported-podcast/imported-podcast-mp3/external/podcast/2011/stiglitz.mp3",
        "mime": "audio/mpeg"
      }
    }
  ],
  "alternates": {
    "markdown": "/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/stiglitz-why-we-need-inclusive-growth/index.md",
    "json": "/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/stiglitz-why-we-need-inclusive-growth/index.json",
    "bundleManifest": "/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/stiglitz-why-we-need-inclusive-growth/bundle-manifest.json"
  },
  "generatedAtUtc": "2026-10-02T03:18:56.517Z"
}