I also agree with Jim Devine. One reason GDP does not measure real growth
in many countries such as India is that the markets there are not fully
capitalized, much of the economic exchange is still represented by barter
and home production. The standard national accounting system does not
[was: Re: [PEN-L:7538] Re: Re: Re: Re: Buck Fush]
Barkley wrote:
The big negative, as has been noted on this list before,
is that Kerala has had quite slow per capita GDP growth
leading to a lot of outmigration.
also, doesn't per capita GDP growth in essence measure only growth of
Jim Devine wrote:
Barkley wrote:
The big negative, as has been noted on this list before,
is that Kerala has had quite slow per capita GDP growth
leading to a lot of outmigration.
also, doesn't per capita GDP growth in essence measure only growth
of market-oriented production and would
Jim Devine wrote:
Barkley wrote:
The big negative, as has been noted on this list before,
is that Kerala has had quite slow per capita GDP growth
leading to a lot of outmigration.
also, doesn't per capita GDP growth in essence measure only growth of
I wrote:
also, doesn't per capita GDP growth in essence measure only growth of
market-oriented production and would thus miss the growth of goods and
services that aren't distributed through markets? Aren't measures of
literacy, life expectancy, etc. better measures of what we on pen-l value
Jim Devine wrote:
to quibble, shouldn't we separate "economic development" from "growth of
per capita GDP"? I guess what you're saying is that if development is
serving the collective but doesn't promote individual monetary
prosperity (which is measured by GDP-type measures), that some
At 11:31 AM 1/30/01 -0800, you wrote:
Is there any better way to judge what people actually
value other than to observe migrations?
unfortunately, migrations also reflect the relative ease of border
crossing, the relative perceived attractiveness of the country moved to,
along with such
Jim Devine wrote:
to quibble, shouldn't we separate "economic development" from
"growth of per capita GDP"? I guess what you're saying is that if
development is serving the collective but doesn't promote individual
monetary prosperity (which is measured by GDP-type measures), that
some
Jim Devine wrote:
At 11:31 AM 1/30/01 -0800, you wrote:
Is there any better way to judge what people actually
value other than to observe migrations?
unfortunately, migrations also reflect the relative ease of border
crossing, the relative perceived attractiveness
Actually I would agree with Jim Devine that
economic and social development are closely
linked and best measured by the kinds of indicators
gathered by the UN with its physical quality of life
indexes, etc. Economic growth is what is measured
by per capita GDP, and certainly having a high
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Jim Devine wrote:
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:26:12 -0800
From: Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:7543] Re: Re: Keralan growth
I wrote
Sure, specific migrations are unique and complicated. But are you taking
the position that you cannot examine migrations in a macro sense and obtain
valuable information regarding what people desire and value?
David Shemano
* The Times of India
Thursday, 6 April 2000
`Kerala economy too
I believe it was David who asked:
Is there any better way to judge what people actually
value other than to observe migrations?
I answered:
unfortunately, migrations also reflect the relative ease of border
crossing, the relative perceived attractiveness of the country moved to,
along with
:53 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:7556] Re: Keralan growth
Sure, specific migrations are unique and complicated. But are you taking
the position that you cannot examine migrations in a macro sense and
obtain
valuable information regarding what people desire and value?
David Shemano
* The Times
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Jim Devine wrote:
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:26:12 -0800
From: Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:7543] Re: Re: Keralan growth
I wrote:
also, doesn't per capita GDP growth in essence measure
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