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A bold agenda for a better way to assess societal well-being, by three of the world''s leading economists and statisticians

If we want to put people first, we have to know what matters to them, what improves their well-being, and how we can supply more of whatever that is.
Joseph E. Stiglitz

In 2009, a group of economists led by Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz, French economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi, and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen issued a report challenging gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of progress and well-being. Published as Mismeasuring Our Lives by The New Press, the book sparked a global conversation about GDP and a major movement among scholars, policy makers, and activists to change the way we measure our economies.

Now, in Measuring What Counts, Stiglitz, Fitoussi, and Martine Durandsummarizing the deliberations of a panel of experts on the measurement of economic perfor

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      Publisher The New Press
      Published 1/16/2020
      ISBN-13 9781620975695
      978-1620975695
      ISBN-10 1620975696
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A bold agenda for a better way to assess societal well-being, by three of the world''s leading economists and statisticians

      If we want to put people first, we have to know what matters to them, what improves their well-being, and how we can supply more of whatever that is.
      Joseph E. Stiglitz

      In 2009, a group of economists led by Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz, French economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi, and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen issued a report challenging gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of progress and well-being. Published as Mismeasuring Our Lives by The New Press, the book sparked a global conversation about GDP and a major movement among scholars, policy makers, and activists to change the way we measure our economies.

      Now, in Measuring What Counts, Stiglitz, Fitoussi, and Martine Durandsummarizing the deliberations of a panel of experts on the measurement of economic perfor

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