Beyond GDP: The Social Progress Podcast

About Beyond GDP: The Social Progress Podcast

Insight and inspiration on making the right choices for people and planet. We feature bold conversations with global leaders and innovators from government, businesses, community advocacy, foundations, and more who are charting a path for inclusive growth and sustainability. Hosted by Michael Green, CEO at Social Progress Imperative, we explore how the world must move beyond GDP metrics and economic growth to truly improve the social and environmental wellbeing of communities. ©Beyond GDP: The Social Progress Podcast is an essential listening for decision-makers ready to do things differently.

Publisher

Social Progress Imperative

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Nov 2025

Latest episode

28 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

40 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Oct 2026

   What GDP Misses About Global Progress

   While global social progress surged steadily for decades, the last ten years have seen an alarming plateau, reveals the new edition of the Social Progress Index Time Series. Host Michael Green and Scott Stern, David Sarnoff Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, explore the newly released Index, which tracks long-term global societal well-being (1990-2023) beyond traditional economic measures. They analyze why some of the biggest economies are stalling on fundame...

2. 

   28 Oct 2026

   Social Progress in Asia Pacific: Why Richer Countries Aren't Always Better Off

   We have been conditioned to believe that economic growth solves societal problems, but the numbers tell a very different story. Philip Schellekens, UNDP's Chief Economist for Asia-Pacific, and host Michael Green explore what the new Social Progress Index Time Series (data from 1990-2023) results mean for Asia-Pacific. They explain why some of Asia's fastest-growing economies lag in societal well-being while less-rich nations excel. Which countries lead in the Asia-Pacific subregions? Wh...

3. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Turning Local Innovations into Systemic Solutions - How Ideas Spread, Shape, and Scale

   What does it take for an idea to spread and shape entire systems? Every year, thousands of brilliant social innovations emerge, yet only a fraction manage to expand beyond their immediate surroundings. Why do so many promising solutions fail to scale? In this episode of the Beyond GDP podcast, host Michael Green invited Kieron Boyle, CEO of 100x Impact Accelerator and Professor for the Impact Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Together, they explore how ...

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5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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