GDP RIP (1933-2010)
When a nation's Gross Domestic Product goes up, politicians glow with pride. When it goes down, headlines shout doom. Yet GDP says nothing about the real health of a nation. It measures nobody's happiness; it tells no one how much we are destroying our environment or our children's fu...
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| Published in: | Significance (Oxford, England) Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 27 - 30 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01-03-2010
Oxford University Press |
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| Summary: | When a nation's Gross Domestic Product goes up, politicians glow with pride. When it goes down, headlines shout doom. Yet GDP says nothing about the real health of a nation. It measures nobody's happiness; it tells no one how much we are destroying our environment or our children's future. It ignores all the important measures of human life. Nic Marks says it is time we replaced this outmoded measurement with something more useful. |
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| Bibliography: | istex:618FD821A2A0E50D968974F77F15D197781EDE52 ark:/67375/WNG-CVPDL947-Q ArticleID:SIGN409 |
| ISSN: | 1740-9705 1740-9713 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2010.00409.x |