Redefining Progress created the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) in 1995 as an alternative to the gross domestic product (GDP).
It takes into account crime, pollution, volunteering, housework, resource depletion, changes in leisure time, lifespan of public infrastructure, and dependence on foreign assets. Not surprisingly, we are not doing as well as the official government number shows!
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