FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Fwd: What GDP doesn't reveal

[Robert Tapp (tappx001]

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> From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> Date: July 16, 2010 5:53:46 PM CDT
> To: Humanist Institute Discussion Group Discussion Group <hidisc [at] 
> humanistinstitute.org>
> 
> 
> Many observers believe that development levels countries can be compared by 
> GDP (or GDP per capita). A new book by 3 important economists who headed a 
> commission for the French government explodes this fallacy. Joseph Stiglitz 
> and Amartya Sen, along with Jean-Paul Fitoussi have edited Mismeasuring Our 
> Lives: Why GDP Doesn't Add Up  (Paperback - May 18, 2010). The book reminds 
> us that economic inequality is the better criterion for comparing societies.
> 
> But until this can get into popular consciousness, we wil continue to be 
> plagued by corporate elites and authoritarian governments.
> 
> Bob