Measuring What Counts Av Joseph E. Stiglitz, Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Martine Durand

<p><strong>A bold agenda for a better way to assess societal well-being, by three of the world''s leading economists and statisticians</strong></p><p><strong>"If we want to put people first, we have to know what matters to them, what improves their well-being, and how we can supply more of whatever that is."<br/></strong><strong>¿Joseph E. Stiglitz</strong></p><p>In 2009, a group of economists led by Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz, French economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi, and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen issued a report challenging gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of progress and well-being. Published as <em>Mismeasuring Our Lives</em> by The New Press, the book sparked a global conversation about GDP and a major movement among scholars, policy makers, and activists to change the way we measure our economies.</p><p>Now, in <em>Measuring What Counts</em>, Stiglitz, Fitoussi, and Martine Durand¿summarizing the deliberations of a panel of experts on the measurement of economic perf