What Really Counts
The Case for a Sustainable and Equitable Economy
1st Edition
Published on 24. March 2021
376 pages
978-0-231-54918-9 (ISBN)
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What Really Counts is an essential, firsthand story of the promise and challenges of accounting for social, economic, and environmental benefits. Ronald Colman recounts two decades of working with three governments to adopt measures capable of quantifying factors that GDP overlooks.
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Ronald Colman has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia. He is the founder of GPIAtlantic, is an independent, non-profitresearch and education organization committed to the development of the GenuineProgress Index (GPI)-an alternative to GDP that measures sustainability, wellbeing and quality of life.Ronald Colman is the founder and former executive director of GPI Atlantic, a nonprofit research group that built an index of well-being and sustainable development in Nova Scotia. He has worked with New Zealand government bodies and communities on measures of well-being and spent ten years in Bhutan assisting the government's development of holistic progress measures, a new global economic paradigm, and other initiatives.
Ronald Colman has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia. He is the founder of GPIAtlantic, is an independent, non-profitresearch and education organization committed to the development of the GenuineProgress Index (GPI)-an alternative to GDP that measures sustainability, wellbeing and quality of life.Ronald Colman is the founder and former executive director of GPI Atlantic, a nonprofit research group that built an index of well-being and sustainable development in Nova Scotia. He has worked with New Zealand government bodies and communities on measures of well-being and spent ten years in Bhutan assisting the government's development of holistic progress measures, a new global economic paradigm, and other initiatives.
Content
A Note to Readers: Coronavirus-a Turning Point for Humanity?
Prologue
1. The Magic Number
2. Counting What Matters
3. A Nova Scotia Start
4. The New Measures in Action
5. Scaling Up
6. Challenges Behind the Scenes
7. Genuine Progress Meets Politics
8. A New Zealand Interlude
9. Invitation to Bhutan
10. (Mis)Measuring Gross National Happiness
11. Educating for Gross National Happiness
12. The Gap Between Words and Action
13. A "New Economic Paradigm" for the World
14. Can Genuine Progress Really Happen?
15. Forging a New Economy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Prologue
1. The Magic Number
2. Counting What Matters
3. A Nova Scotia Start
4. The New Measures in Action
5. Scaling Up
6. Challenges Behind the Scenes
7. Genuine Progress Meets Politics
8. A New Zealand Interlude
9. Invitation to Bhutan
10. (Mis)Measuring Gross National Happiness
11. Educating for Gross National Happiness
12. The Gap Between Words and Action
13. A "New Economic Paradigm" for the World
14. Can Genuine Progress Really Happen?
15. Forging a New Economy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
