Episode 522: The Invention Of 'The Economy' : Planet Money If you asked someone on the street 100 years ago, "How's the economy doing?" They wouldn't have had any idea what you were talking about.
Episode 522: The Invention Of 'The Economy'
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On today's show: How we started boiling down entire nations into a single number. And how that number made people think they could control everything.
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