For good measure : an agenda for moving beyond GDP / edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Jean-Paul Fitoussi, and Martine Durand.

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TextPublisher: New York : The New Press, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 426 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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9781620975725
1620975726

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: For good measure.DDC classification:

306 23

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HN25 .F67 2019eb

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Contents:

Intro; Blank Page; Introduction; Editors' Note; Preface; 1. Overview; 2. Sustainable Development Goals and the Measurement of Economic and Social Progress; 3. Measuring the Distribution of Household Income, Consumption, and Wealth; 4. Horizontal Inequalities; 5. Inequality of Opportunity; 6. Distributional National Accounts; 7. Understanding Subjective Well- Being; 8. Economic Security; 9. Measuring Sustainability; 10. Trust and Social Capital; High- Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress

Summary: "A consensus has emerged among key experts that our conventional economic measures are out of sync with how most people experience their lives. GDP, they argue, is a poor and outmoded measure of our well-being. The global movement to advance beyond GDP has attracted some of the world's leading economists, statisticians, and social thinkers who have worked collectively to articulate new approaches to measuring economic well-being and social progress. In the decade since the 2008 economic crisis, these experts have come together to create a new "dashboard" of indicators of what actually makes for better lives. In the first book of its kind, leading economists from around the world-including Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, Jacob Hacker, François Bourguignon, Alan Krueger, and Joseph E. Stiglitz-describe a range of fascinating metrics-from economic insecurity and environmental sustainability to inequality of opportunity and levels of trust and resilience-that can at least supplement the simplistic measure of gross domestic product, providing a far more nuanced and accurate account of societal health and well-being. This groundbreaking volume is sure to provide a major source of ideas and inspiration for one of the most important intellectual movements of our time"-- Provided by publisher

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"A consensus has emerged among key experts that our conventional economic measures are out of sync with how most people experience their lives. GDP, they argue, is a poor and outmoded measure of our well-being. The global movement to advance beyond GDP has attracted some of the world's leading economists, statisticians, and social thinkers who have worked collectively to articulate new approaches to measuring economic well-being and social progress. In the decade since the 2008 economic crisis, these experts have come together to create a new "dashboard" of indicators of what actually makes for better lives. In the first book of its kind, leading economists from around the world-including Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, Jacob Hacker, François Bourguignon, Alan Krueger, and Joseph E. Stiglitz-describe a range of fascinating metrics-from economic insecurity and environmental sustainability to inequality of opportunity and levels of trust and resilience-that can at least supplement the simplistic measure of gross domestic product, providing a far more nuanced and accurate account of societal health and well-being. This groundbreaking volume is sure to provide a major source of ideas and inspiration for one of the most important intellectual movements of our time"-- Provided by publisher

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