Tom W writes:> It is also good for correcting a misconception that GDP
measures something it doesn't: social wellbeing. <

who on pen-l suffers from this misconception?

>Are you suggesting that capital will go on strike if people so much
as think critically in terms other than exchange values?<

no. 

But if the government started using the GPI (or similar) to measure
the economy's success, it wouldn't last -- unless there were a mass
movement to back it up.
JD

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