Measuring What Counts (eBook)

The Global Movement for Well-Being

Joseph E. Stiglitz (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
The New Press (Verlag)
978-1-62097-570-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A bold agenda for a better way to assess societal well-being, by three of the world's leading economists and statisticians "e;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."e;-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 Durand summarizing the deliberations of a panel of experts on the measurement of economic performance and social progress hosted at the OECD, the international organization incorporating the most economically advanced countries propose a new, "e;beyond GDP"e; agenda. This book provides an accessible overview of the last decade's global movement, sparked by the original critique of GDP, and proposes a new "e;dashboard"e; of metrics to assess a society's health, including measures of inequality and economic vulnerability, whether growth is environmentally sustainable, and how people feel about their lives. Essential reading for our time, it also serves as a guide for policy makers and others on how to use these new tools to fundamentally change the way we measure our lives and to plot a radically new path forward.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.11.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• Schlagworte: Econometrics • Economics • GDP • Inequality
• ISBN-10: 1-62097-570-X / 162097570X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62097-570-1 / 9781620975701