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Development: Time to leave GDP behind

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  • Robert Costanza

    (Robert Costanza and Ida Kubiszewski are at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra.)

  • Ida Kubiszewski

    (Robert Costanza and Ida Kubiszewski are at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra.)

  • Enrico Giovannini

    (University of Rome Tor Vergata, and minister of labour and social policies in the Italian government.)

  • Hunter Lovins

    (Hunter Lovins is at Natural Capital Solutions, Longmont, Colorado.)

  • Jacqueline McGlade

    (Jacqueline McGlade is at University College London, and the United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi, Kenya.)

  • Kate E. Pickett

    (University of York, UK.)

  • Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir

    (Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir is at the Institutes of Earth Sciences and Sustainable Development Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavík.)

  • Debra Roberts

    (eThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa.)

  • Roberto De Vogli

    (Roberto De Vogli is at the University of California, Davis.)

  • Richard Wilkinson

    (University of Nottingham, UK.)

Abstract

Gross domestic product is a misleading measure of national success. Countries should act now to embrace new metrics, urge Robert Costanza and colleagues.

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  • Robert Costanza & Ida Kubiszewski & Enrico Giovannini & Hunter Lovins & Jacqueline McGlade & Kate E. Pickett & Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir & Debra Roberts & Roberto De Vogli & Richard Wilkinson, 2014. "Development: Time to leave GDP behind," Nature, Nature, vol. 505(7483), pages 283-285, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:505:y:2014:i:7483:d:10.1038_505283a
    DOI: 10.1038/505283a
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