Forget GDP — We Need Numbers That Matter for the Questions We Have
No single number has become more central to society in the past 50 years than GDP — Gross Domestic Product. Throughout the world, it has become a proxy for success and for failure. It is a profoundly important indicator. It is also a profoundly flawed one.
Content: Article | Author: Zachary Karabell | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: Economics