Mismeasuring our lives
by Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (France)
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"President Nicolas Sarkozy of France asked Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph E. Stiglitz and Amartya Sen, along with the distinguished French economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi, to establish a commission of experts to study whether Gross Domestic Product (GDP)-the most widely used measure of economic activity-is really a reliable indicator of economic and social progress."--Publisher's description.
Economic indicatorsSocial indicatorsGross domestic productQuality of lifeGross national product