Beyond GDP: Measuring Welfare and Assessing Sustainability

by Marc Fleurbaey (Author), Didier Blanchet (Author), Marc Fleurbaey (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2013

  $109.68

  Is GDP a good proxy for social welfare? Building on economic theory, this book confirms that it is not, but also that most alternatives to it share its basic flaw, i.e., a focus on specific aspects of people's lives without sufficiently taking account of people's values and goals. A better approach is possible.