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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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https://council.science/blog/un-is-advocating-for-a-gdp-alternative-can-social-science-provide-one/?utm%5C_source=rss&utm%5C_medium=rss&utm%5C_campaign=un-is-advocating-for-a-gdp-alternative-can-social-science-provide-one

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[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

No GDP alternative will ever have any legs because any formula that takes average buying power, health, and/or quality of life into account would place the English speaking countries and the US near the bottom of the list. Can’t have that

[–] giotras@poliversity.it 1 points 3 days ago

@Arcane2077 unfortunately you are absolutely right

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 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