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Gross domestic product (GDP) has long been the go-to statistic for assessing a country’s economic achievement. In recent years, however, many economists have grown critical of the metric’s ability to take an accurate pulse of society’s well-being. They have sought to develop more comprehensive indices, particularly ones that gauge citizens’ well-being instead of production. getAbstract recommends freelance journalist Loes Witschge’s clear, concise and jargon-free navigation of this important economic concept to anyone seeking more nuanced and holistic ways to measure a society’s well-being.
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Loes Witschge is head of digital at Delayed Gratification, the quarterly magazine from Slow Journalism.
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