For good measure : an agenda for moving beyond GDP / edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Jean-Paul Fitoussi, and Martine Durand.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stiglitz, Joseph E., editor.

Fitoussi, Jean-Paul, 1942- editor.

Durand, Martine, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social indicators.

Economic indicators.

Quality of life.

Well-being.

Physical Description:

448 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The New Press, 2019.

Summary:

"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. In the decade since the 2008 economic crisis, these experts have come together to create a new "dashboard" of indicators of what actually makes for better lives. In the first book of its kind, leading economists from around the world-including Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, Jacob Hacker, François Bourguignon, Alan Krueger, and Joseph E. Stiglitz-describe a range of fascinating metrics-from economic insecurity and environmental sustainability to inequality of opportunity and levels of trust and resilience-that can at least supplement the simplistic measure of gross domestic product, providing a far more nuanced and accurate account of societal health and well-being. This groundbreaking volume is sure to provide a major source of ideas and inspiration for one of the most important intellectual movements of our time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Overview p. 1 / Elizabeth Beasley

2 Sustainable Development Goals and the Measurement of Economic and Social Progress p. 24 / Ravi Kanbur and Ebrahim Patel and Joseph E. Stiglitz

3 Measuring the Distribution of Household Income, Consumption, and Wealth p. 49 / Nora Lustig

4 Horizontal Inequalities p. 100 / Carmen Diana Deere and Ravi Kanbur and Frances Stewart

5 Inequality of Opportunity p. 123 / Francois Bourguignon

6 Distributional National Accounts p. 181 / Facundo Alvaredo and Lucas Chancel and Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman

7 Understanding Subjective Well-Being p. 208 / Arthur A. Stone and Alan B. Krueger

8 Economic Security p. 264 / Jacob S. Hacker

9 Measuring Sustainability p. 316 / Marleen De Smedt and Enrico Giovannini and Walter J. Radermacher

10 Trust and Social Capital p. 374 / Yann Algan

High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress p. 425.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781620975718

1620975718

OCLC:

1111004438