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Gross Domestic Production continues to increase where as the GPI levels off Our economic, environmental and social progress has stalled out. The GDP measures all economic activity. The GPI accounts for good and bad aspects of economic activity. from - http://rprogress.org/sustainability_indicators/ genuine_progress_indicator.htm
Gross Domestic Production continues to increase where as the GPI levels off
Our economic, environmental and social progress has stalled out.
The GDP measures all economic activity. The GPI accounts for good and bad aspects of economic activity.
from - http://rprogress.org/sustainability_indicators/ genuine_progress_indicator.htm
examples: measures personal consumption as a good thing but economic inequality as a bad thing water pollution is a bad thing - whereas the clean up of water pollution would be counted as a positive contribution to the GDP counts volunteer work as a good thing whereas un-compensated employment wouldn't count in the GDP for details see: http://genuineprogress.net/genuine-progress-indicator/
examples:
measures personal consumption as a good thing but economic inequality as a bad thing
water pollution is a bad thing - whereas the clean up of water pollution would be counted as a positive contribution to the GDP
counts volunteer work as a good thing whereas un-compensated employment wouldn't count in the GDP
for details see: http://genuineprogress.net/genuine-progress-indicator/
might need to measure to improve, but just because you can measure it doesn't make that the right thing to do link - measurement-improvement.html
might need to measure to improve, but just because you can measure it doesn't make that the right thing to do
link - measurement-improvement.html
http://rprogress.org/sustainability_indicators/genuine_progress_indicator.htm http://genuineprogress.net/genuine-progress-indicator/ full report - http://issuu.com/genuine-progress/docs/indicator-2006/1?e=7627340/1756730 example of use by the state of Maryland - http://www.dnr.maryland.gov/mdgpi/ excellent book - Stiglitz, Sen and Fitoussi (2010). Mismeasuring Our Lives: Why GDP Doesn't Add Up
http://rprogress.org/sustainability_indicators/genuine_progress_indicator.htm
http://genuineprogress.net/genuine-progress-indicator/
full report - http://issuu.com/genuine-progress/docs/indicator-2006/1?e=7627340/1756730
example of use by the state of Maryland - http://www.dnr.maryland.gov/mdgpi/
excellent book - Stiglitz, Sen and Fitoussi (2010). Mismeasuring Our Lives: Why GDP Doesn't Add Up
