Martha Nussbaum on Creating Capabilities and GDP

Martha Nussbaum of the University of Chicago and author of Creating Capabilities talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about an alternative to GDP for measuring economic performance at the national level. She is a proponent of the capabilities approach that emphasizes how easily individuals can acquire skills and use them, as well as the capability to live long and enjoy life. Nussbaum argues that government policy should focus on creating capabilities rather than allowing them to emerge through individual choices and civil society.

You can listen to Martha Nussbaum on Creating Capabilities and GDP online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Martha Nussbaum on Creating Capabilities and GDP is an episode from EconTalk Archives, 2014 by Library of Economics and Liberty.

This episode is 1:01:15 long.

This episode was published on Sep 29, 2014.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from EconTalk Archives, 2014 when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.