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Dirk Philipsen

Dirk Philipsen

Associate Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
dirk.philipsen@duke.edu
Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708
Sanford School of Public Policy, 201 Science Dr (Room 114), Durham, NC 27708
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Scholarly Works - Books

The Little Big Number - How GDP Came to Rule the World and What To Do About It

Book · 2015 In one lifetime, GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, has ballooned from a narrow economic tool into a global article of faith. It is our universal yardstick of progress. As The Little Big Number demonstrates, this spells trouble. While economies and cultures m ... Link to item Cite

We Were the People Voices from East Germany’s Revolutionary Autumn of 1989

Book · 1993 Communism was dead, the Cold War was over, and freedom was on the rise—or so it seemed. We Were the People tells the story behind this momentous event. ... Cite