Mismeasuring our lives
Subtitle: why GDP doesn't add up
By: the report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress ; Joseph E. Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, And Jean-Paul Fitoussi.
Contributors: Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Sen, Amartya, 1933-; Fitoussi, Jean-Paul.
Publisher: New Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781595585196
Subjects: Economic indicators; Gross domestic product; Social indicators; Quality of life
Description: "President Nicolas Sarkozy of France asked Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph E. Stiglitz and Amartya Sen, along with the distinguished French economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi, to establish a commission of experts to study whether Gross Domestic Product (GDP)-the most widely used measure of economic activity-is really a reliable indicator of economic and social progress."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.