Description
Product ID: | 9781620975695 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Measuring What Counts |
Subtitle: | The Global Movement for Well-Being |
Authors: | Author: Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Martine Durand, Joseph E. Stiglitz |
Page Count: | 224 |
Subjects: | Globalization, Globalization, Social welfare and social services, Central / national / federal government policies, Monetary economics, Political economy, Business and Management, Social welfare & social services, Central government policies, Monetary economics, Political economy, Business & management |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A bold agenda for a better way to assess societal well-being, by three of the world's leading economists and statisticians. 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." 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, "beyond GDP" 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 "dashboard" 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. |
Imprint Name: | The New Press |
Publisher Name: | The New Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-01-16 |