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The UN is advocating for a GDP alternative – can social science provide one? (poliversity.it)

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The UN is advocating for a GDP alternative – can social science provide one?

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What…?

It doesn’t require the consent of English speaking countries. Come up with an alternative formula that is reasonable and more informative; people will start using it more over time. It isn’t a light switch, and it doesn’t need to be, either.

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago

Ah, I see you’re unfamiliar with the long, long, history of proposed and shot down reasonable and informative alternatives. Well I’m not gonna argue socioeconomics with you, so I hope you look into the many times this has been tried already and failed. I’ll try point you to some books about it when I get off work