Jean Paul Fitoussi: 2 books
For Good Measure
Advancing Research on Well-being Metrics Beyond GDP
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
The 2009 Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (“Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi” Commission) concluded that we should move away from over-reliance on GDP when assessing a country’s health, towards a broader dashboard of indicators that would reflect concerns such as...
Mismeasuring Our Lives
Why GDP Doesn't Add Up
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
In February of 2008, amid the looming global financial crisis, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France asked Nobel Prizewinning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen, along with the distinguished French economist Jean Paul Fitoussi, to establish a commission of leading economists to study whether...