Towards new measurement systems / Vers de nouveaux systèmes de mesure: Performances économiques et progrès social [French]

by Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz

We want to make GDP the measure of everything - performance, well-being, quality of life - when it only represents a measure of market economic activity. On the contrary, it is possible to construct reliable measures of the material determinants of well-being, income distribution, quality of life, the sustainability of current developments and many other aspects of our economy and society. This is even essential if we want society to recognize itself...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 2738124631
• ISBN13: 9782738124630
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Odile Jacob
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"