半導体ロゴ

11/19 Forget GDP – for the 21st century we need a modern growth measure

GDP だけでは人類の進歩をはかることはできなくなった!
21世紀に必要な経済指標とは?

It is critically important we monitor societal progress and design responsive policies to 21s- century challenges, such as climate change, the marginalization of more than a billion people, resource depletion and emerging pollution-driven health crises. We need reliable metrics to know how we are performing on the yardsticks of our economy, sustainability and social harmony.

weforum.org
A wealth measure that ignores natural capital, social cohesion and human wellbeing is worthless. Luckily, a new Canadian project has hit on an alternative.