Hey everyone, it's Manou Shzumarody, the Ted Radio Hours new host, and new episodes with me

are only one week away. So as we put the final touches on them, I want to share with you one of my

favorite episodes from over the years. On the show today, we are looking at our addiction to

consumption and constant growth. And what it would take to build a society where we regenerate and

reuse what we already have, it's called Circular and it originally aired in December 2018. Enjoy.

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I'm Guy Ross. So we've all been told that if the economy is growing and if we keep producing and

consuming, that's a good thing. We are at a moment when our economy is growing. This is good news for

America and more evidence that our economy continues to surge ahead. So long as we pursue pro-growth

policies that put faith in the American people, our economy will prosper and it will continue to be

the marvel of the world. But what if we're wrong? What if growth isn't the answer to a better world?

Moments ago, the number is for America's economic growth or GDP were just released.

The economy grew by 7.4%. It's just 1.2%.

It grew 4.1%. It grew 5.5%. It's 8.2% and the April to June got up to 0.2. That's a 1.10th

lower number than we were originally growing. Generally, how do we measure? How do we know

whether an economy is doing well or not? How do most economists measure that?

Well, that's an excellent question. You know what? It never actually gets asked in an economics

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