Re: "redefining progress"

[Herbert Gintis <gintis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
>Does anyone know anything about an organization named "Redefining
>Progress"?  They advocate replacing GNP/GDP measures of economic
>success with measures such as what they call the "Genuine Progress
>Indicator" which subtracts environmental costs, adjusts for increasing
>inequality, etc. It seems a good idea, but how good is their work,
>technically speaking?  Their chair is Richard Norgaard of UC Berkeley
>Dept. of Energy & Resources and Robert Heilbroner and Herbert Simon
>(among others) have endorsed this project.
>
...

>sincerely,
>
>Jim Devine

	No, but it sounds very interesting. Did you post this on
ecol-econ? If not, I'll post it there and see what they say.

Herb gintis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx