Description: In one lifetime, GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, has ballooned from a narrow economic tool into a global article of faith. As The Little Big Number demonstrates, this spells trouble. While economies and cultures measure their performance by it, GDP ignores central facts such as quality, costs, or purpose. It only measures output: more cars, more accidents; more extraction, more pollution--all count as success. Sustainability and quality of life are overlooked. Losses don't count. The world can no longer afford GDP rule--GDP ignores real development. Dirk Philipsen demonstrates how the history of GDP reveals unique opportunities to fashion smarter goals and measures. The Little Big Number explores a possible roadmap for a future that advances quality of life rather than indiscriminate growth.
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EAN: 9780691175935
UPC: 9780691175935
ISBN: 9780691175935
MPN: N/A
Item Length: 22.4 cm
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Name: The Little Big Number: How Gdp Came to Rule the World and What to Do about It
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 235 mm
Subject: Economics, Government, Finance
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 539 g
Author: Dirk Philipsen
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
