GDP’s Days Are Numbered — Diane Coyle

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Ditching gross domestic product as the main gauge of prosperity was always impossible in the absence of broad agreement about what the alternative might be. But as economists and statisticians develop wealth and well-being approaches to measuring economic success, the direction of change is clear.…Project SyndicateGDP's Days Are NumberedDiane Coyle | Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridgehttps://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/replacing-gdp-with-wealth-and-wellbeing-indicators-by-diane-coyle-2021-12See also at PSWater As an Asset Class Is HereWillem H. Buiter | visiting professor of international and public affairs at Columbia Universityhttps://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/emergence-of-water-as-an-asset-class-by-willem-h-buiter-2021-12

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