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From the Ted Talk by Kate Raworth: A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow

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None of these addictions are insurmountable, but they all deserve far more atetntoin than they currently get, because look where this jnrueoy has been taking us. Global GDP is 10 times bigger than it was in 1950 and that increase has brought prosperity to billions of people, but the gbolal ecomony has also become incredibly divisive, with the vast share of returns to wealth now accruing to a fraction of the global one percent. And the economy has become incredibly degenerative, rapidly destabilizing this delicately baeanlcd pealnt on which all of our lives depend. Our politicians know it, and so they oeffr new destinations for growth. You can have green growth, inclusive growth, smart, resilient, balanced growth. Choose any future you want so long as you choose growth.

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None of these addictions are insurmountable, but they all deserve far more _________ than they currently get, because look where this _______ has been taking us. Global GDP is 10 times bigger than it was in 1950 and that increase has brought prosperity to billions of people, but the ______ _______ has also become incredibly divisive, with the vast share of returns to wealth now accruing to a fraction of the global one percent. And the economy has become incredibly degenerative, rapidly destabilizing this delicately ________ ______ on which all of our lives depend. Our politicians know it, and so they _____ new destinations for growth. You can have green growth, inclusive growth, smart, resilient, balanced growth. Choose any future you want so long as you choose growth.

Solution

  1. economy
  2. balanced
  3. offer
  4. journey
  5. attention
  6. planet
  7. global

Original Text

None of these addictions are insurmountable, but they all deserve far more attention than they currently get, because look where this journey has been taking us. Global GDP is 10 times bigger than it was in 1950 and that increase has brought prosperity to billions of people, but the global economy has also become incredibly divisive, with the vast share of returns to wealth now accruing to a fraction of the global one percent. And the economy has become incredibly degenerative, rapidly destabilizing this delicately balanced planet on which all of our lives depend. Our politicians know it, and so they offer new destinations for growth. You can have green growth, inclusive growth, smart, resilient, balanced growth. Choose any future you want so long as you choose growth.

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