[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the fourth of January, 1934, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A young man delivered a report Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the United States Congress Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that 80 years on, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still shapes the lives of\Neveryone in this room today. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still shapes the lives of\Neveryone on this planet. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That young man wasn't a politician, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wasn't a businessman, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a civil rights activist, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a faith leader. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was the most unlikely of heroes, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an economist. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name was Simon Kuznets Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the report that he delivered was called, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"National Income, 1929-32" Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you might think that Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a rather dry and dull report, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're absolutely right. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's dry as a bone. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this report is the foundation Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how, today, we judge the \Nsuccess of countries. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we know best as\NGross Domestic Product, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or GDP. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GDP has defined and shaped our lives Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the last 80 years. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today I want to talk about \N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a different way to measure\Nthe success of countries.