BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles - How Buying Cocaine Helps the Government

More or Less: Behind the Stats

BBC

Business, Mathematics, Science, News Commentary, News

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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BONUS PODCAST: For the rest of August, in addition to More or Less, you’ll get four bonus editions of Economics with Subtitles. It’s a brand new podcast that will bring you an everyday guide to economics and why you should care. In this edition, Ayeisha and Steve look at how we quantify economic success. Should dodgy drug deals be included? What is Steve’s contribution to GDP? And should we ban people who pinch too many of your crisps? Producers: Simon Maybin & Phoebe Keane Presenters: Ayeisha Thomas-Smith & Steve Bugeja

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0:00.0	Hi, I know you're expecting more or less, but they have kindly let us break into their
0:04.7	podcast feed to bring you four bonus podcast episodes.
0:09.4	He's Steve Bajaya and I'm Aisha Thomas Smith and we present a new podcast called Economics
0:14.0	with Subtitles.
0:15.0	It's for people who maybe want to know a bit more about economics but have been put off
0:18.9	in the past.
0:19.9	Either by the jargon, by the boring economist, by the men in suits telling you to stop buying
0:24.0	things you love.
0:25.5	We're here to translate it all for you so that you can make up your own mind when you
0:28.9	watch the news, read the paper or get into heated debates with your mates.
0:32.6	We hope you like it.
0:34.6	Hello, welcome to Economics with Subtitles.
0:42.6	You're everyday guide to economics and why you should care.
0:46.4	I'm Aisha Thomas Smith.
0:47.9	She presents podcast about economics and I'm Steve Bajaya.
0:51.4	Steve has a degree in economics and is also a stand-up comedian, apparently.
0:55.3	Hey, I am.
0:56.7	Just asked the ten people I did a gig to last night.
0:59.1	This is the series that takes back control of economics.
1:02.4	Translating all the jargon so that your eyes need never glaze over again when you hear
1:06.4	the E word.
1:09.2	This week it's all about how we measure the economy.
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