Toward an Alternative to the GDP: A Critical Analysis of the 2009 Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress

Rajesh Sampath

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Toward an Alternative to the GDP: A Critical Analysis of the 2009 Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress

Rajesh Sampath

Journal of Social Science for Policy Implications, Vol.2(1), pp.59-66

03/2014

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Economic Anthropology

Economic Development

Economic Policy

This paper explores the 2009 Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress co-authored by the world renowned economists, Joseph Stiglitz, Amartya Sen and Jean-Paul Fitoussi. It explores various skeptical arguments about the ability to produce complex models of global human diversity while producing an alternative to the GDP as a form of measurement of social and economic progress that can be leveraged for development policy-making.

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Title: Toward an Alternative to the GDP: A Critical Analysis of the 2009 Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress
Creators: Rajesh Sampath - Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Publication Details: Journal of Social Science for Policy Implications, Vol.2(1), pp.59-66
Publisher: American Research Institute for Policy Development
Identifiers: 9924144008801921
Academic Unit: Heller School for Social Policy and Management; Master of Arts Program in Comparative Humanities; Interdepartmental Program in South Asian Studies
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Toward an Alternative to the GDP: A Critical Analysis of the 2009 Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress

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