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Author
Series
Very Short introductions volume 282
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A consensus has emerged among key experts that our conventional economic measures are out of sync with how most people experience their lives. GDP, they argue, is a poor and outmoded measure of our well-being. The global movement to advance beyond GDP has attracted some of the world's leading economists, statisticians, and social thinkers who have worked collectively to articulate new approaches to measuring economic well-being and social progress....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
A history and critical assessment of leading indicators reveals their indelible impact on the economy, public policy, and other critical decisions, discussing their shortcomings while making suggestions for reducing dependence on them.
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"An indispensable reference for all researchers interested in the measurement of social welfare. . ." --François Bourguignon, Emeritus Professor at Paris School of Economics, Former Chief Economist of the World Bank. ". . .a detailed, insightful, and pedagogical presentation of the theoretical grounds of multidimensional well-being, inequality, and poverty measurement. Any student, researcher, and practitioner interested in the multidimensional approach...
11) Statista
Publisher
Statista, Inc
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Statista provides data, including reports, metrics and infographics, for over 170 diverse global industries and markets. Use Statista when you are looking for visually displayed statistics, and to add graphs to a presentation or project.
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