What’s wrong with our economy?
“The purpose of an economy is to meet human needs in such a way that life becomes in some respect richer and better in the process. It is not simply to produce a lot of stuff. Stuff is a means, not an end.”
From Testimony given by Jonathan Rowe to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
I came across this quote in the June 2008 Harper’s Magazine. The Testimony (read a copy of it at the link above) does a great job explaining how use of the Gross National Product (GNP) as a measure of the productivity of our economy is wreaking havoc on us and our world. Is it time we rethink how we measure the richness of our lives?
From Testimony given by Jonathan Rowe to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
I came across this quote in the June 2008 Harper’s Magazine. The Testimony (read a copy of it at the link above) does a great job explaining how use of the Gross National Product (GNP) as a measure of the productivity of our economy is wreaking havoc on us and our world. Is it time we rethink how we measure the richness of our lives?
posted by Tom Jablonski at 10:29 PM
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