Book contents
- Replacing GDP by 2030
- Advance Praise for Replacing GDP by 2030
- Replacing GDP by 2030
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Why a New Strategy Is Needed
- 1 Replacing the Most Influential Indicator in the World
- 2 Why Is GDP Successful?
- 3 What Does GDP Measure (And What Not)?
- 4 Why Is Beyond-GDP Not Successful?
- Part II The New Strategy: A Community for Well-being and Sustainability
- Annex: Beyond-GDP Milestones and Measurement Systems
- Notes
- References
- Index
1 - Replacing the Most Influential Indicator in the World
from Part I - Why a New Strategy Is Needed
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 May 2019
- Replacing GDP by 2030
- Advance Praise for Replacing GDP by 2030
- Replacing GDP by 2030
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Why a New Strategy Is Needed
- 1 Replacing the Most Influential Indicator in the World
- 2 Why Is GDP Successful?
- 3 What Does GDP Measure (And What Not)?
- 4 Why Is Beyond-GDP Not Successful?
- Part II The New Strategy: A Community for Well-being and Sustainability
- Annex: Beyond-GDP Milestones and Measurement Systems
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
GDP is the most influential indicator in the world. It is published all over the world and there is a powerful logistical infrastructure (the "GDP multinational") which involves national statistical offices, international institutes, policy researchers, academics, media and society. Yet GDP is not a good measure of sustainability or well-being and this is why hundreds of alternatives have been proposed in the last decades. This "Beyond-GDP cottage industry" is expanding all the time but there is no sign that it is going to threaten the dominance of GDP anytime soon. Replacing GDP by 2030 provides a strategy to overcome this situation by 2030 and Chapter 1 provides an outline of the arguments made in the book.
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- Replacing GDP by 2030Towards a Common Language for the Well-being and Sustainability Community, pp. 3 - 26Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019