The Little Big Number: How GDP Came to Rule the World and What to Do about It by Philipsen, Dirk

The Little Big Number: How GDP Came to Rule the World and What to Do about It (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780691166520)

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The Little Big Number: How GDP Came to Rule the World and What to Do about It by Philipsen, Dirk

The Little Big Number: How GDP Came to Rule the World and What to Do about It

$29.95
The Little Big Number: How GDP Came to Rule the World and What to Do about It by Philipsen, Dirk

The Little Big Number: How GDP Came to Rule the World and What to Do about It

$29.95
Format: Hardcover
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The story of GDP and why we need a better measurement of growth

In one lifetime, GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, has ballooned from a narrow economic tool into a global article of faith. As The Little Big Number demonstrates, this spells trouble. While economies and cultures measure their performance by it, GDP only measures output. It ignores central facts such as quality, costs, or purpose. Sustainability and quality of life are overlooked. Losses don't count. The world can no longer afford GDP rule--GDP ignores real development. Dirk Philipsen demonstrates how the history of GDP reveals unique opportunities to fashion smarter goals and measures. The Little Big Number explores a possible roadmap for a future that advances quality of life rather than indiscriminate growth.

Author: Dirk Philipsen
ISBN-10: 0691166528
ISBN-13: 9780691166520
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/26/2015
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.20w x 1.30d

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Choice 10/01/2015
By Dirk Philipsen
By Dirk Philipsen
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Dirk Philipsen is a German- and American-trained professor of economic history at the Sanford School of Public Policy and a senior fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics, both at Duke University.

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