Armen Georgian meets renowned Czech economist Tomas Sedlacek, best-selling author of "Economics of Good and Evil: The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street". Sedlacek argues that GDP growth is a modern secular version of the old religious idea of paradise, and that Western societies cling to this promised paradise at their peril. He offers us his alternatives.<br /><br />http://www.france24.com/en/taxonomy/emission/18004<br /><br />Visit our website:<br />http://www.france24.com<br /><br />Subscribe to our YouTube channel:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=france24english<br /><br />Like us on Facebook:<br />https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English<br /><br />Follow us on Twitter:<br />https://twitter.com/France24_en
