Moving Beyond GDP
The 2007 economic crisis and the lingering stagnation it wrought has lead economists, philosophers and policymakers to a profound rethinking of how we measure economic performance and social progress....
View ArticleWhat if economic growth is no longer possible in the 21st century?
Co-Written with Lew Daly. For decades, rapid economic growth has been the norm for developed countries. An educated workforce, a large population boom, major technological advances, and abundant fossil...
View ArticleWhy we should abolish the GDP
Co-Written with Lew Daly. Imagine this: your state is thinking about building a new coal plant. Gross domestic product measures how much money that project would produce. But it can’t account for the...
View ArticleWhen Workers Own Their Companies, Everyone Wins
In 1921, the Olympia Veneer Company became the first worker-owned cooperative to produce plywood. By the early 1950s, nearly all of the plywood produced in the United States was manufactured by...
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