Greetings, Many discussions on Futurework stimulate some of us to repeatedly interject that goods, services, credits, and debits are not nearly the whole picture. Here is an indication that the US leadership will have some of these ideas presented to them by a body widely recognized as authoritative, The National Acadamies. Steve > Subject: Environmental Accounting Needed For More Accurate Picture of U.S. > Economy > > WASHINGTON - A new National Research Council report has > urged Congress to authorise the Department of Commerce > to renew development of a "Green GDP" indicator which > would track economic output and take environmental issues > into account. The National Research Council said in a > report published late last week the development of > "green" economic indicators would benefit the United > States which it claimed has fallen behind other countries > in efforts to link economic growth and natural-resource > consumption. > > http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309071518?OpenDocument >
