In 2001, after Japan had fallen into what economist dread: stalled GDP-growth, I published these two articles in Japan. In “Japan at the Crossroads” and “Japan is Not the Only Country Caught in the GNP-Growth Trap,” I viewed Japan through my “Quality of Life” metrics, as transforming from material economic …
Quality of Life Indicators in Context – October 2014
Focus on US Employment — October 2014 Update By Hazel Henderson Total nonfarm payroll employment in September rose by 248,000 which lowers the unemployment rate to 5.9%. August’s jobs were revised from 142,000 to 180,000, and July rose by a revised 180,000 – a combined 69,000 jobs more than previously …
UN Member States Receive Report on Finance for Sustainable Development
Commentary by Hazel Henderson, Editor-in-Chief Good News from Mr. WU! The UN Report on Finance for Sustainable Development shows the global economics paradigm shifting: from today’s financial model of the global casino dominated by high-frequency trading and multi-trillions in derivative positions far exceeding the real world economy’s GDP – to …
Quality of Life Indicators in Context – July 2014
Focus on US Employment — July 2014 Update By Hazel Henderson Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by a healthy 288.000 in June, good news after the 2.8% drop in GDP-growth for Q1. The 224,000 jobs added in May followed April’s 304,000. Upward revisions: to 203,000 from the 192,000 reported for …
Breaking News: US Revises GDP to Include Intangible Production and Services
July 31, 2013 ~ As of August 1st, 2013, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) finally enters the 21st century. GDP will now include much of the intangible production and services which make up some 70% of mature 21st century economies: software, R&D, entertainment, trademarks, copyrights, design and other …
On the Eve of Rio+20, Countries Accelerating Plans for a Transition to a Green Economy
On the Eve of Rio+20, Countries Accelerating Plans for a Transition to a green economy Beijing, 16 November 2011 – A new UN report demonstrates that governments and businesses alike are taking steps to accelerate a global shift towards a low-carbon, resource-efficient and socially inclusive green future. From china to …
OECD Launches Your Better Life Index
To Hazel Henderson: “With today’s announcement that the OECD (of all institutions) is going ‘beyond GDP’ with the launch of its Better Life Index, I wanted to congratulate you and other ‘new economists’ on this significant milestone towards saner economics… Hazel, please take a moment today to sit down and …
Continued Public Support for Going ‘Beyond GDP’: Global Poll
Continued Public Support for Going ‘Beyond GDP’: Global Poll (PDF press release) Click here for the survey results (PDF) London, January 21, 2011, 09:00 GMT: A new global poll across 12 countries reveals that more than two-thirds of people polled think that economic statistics like GDP are an inadequate way …
Center for Partnership Studies receives challenge grant from NoVo Foundation
The NoVo Foundation will match every gift to the Center for Partnership Studies 100% to support the Caring Economics Campaign. Drawing fromRiane Eisler’s The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics, hailed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu as “a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking,” …