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Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Oct 1, 2008

  Statistics on the Economy
As we're starting to get tired of watching the vacillations of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (and thinking about who we can sue for whiplash), we may want to look at other economic indicators. The Reporting Statistics blog has a nice summary of statistical data sources for economic...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Jul 17, 2008

  American Human Development Project
The American Human Development Project is an interesting data resource and attempt to create a national indicator set to "stimulate fact-based public debate about and political attention to human development issues in the United States and to empower people to hold elected officials accountable...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Apr 18, 2008

  In Praise of GDP
We've been talking about the need for broader indicators of progress than the Gross Domestic Product , and that need has launched an international summit and a new presidential commission in France. Turns out, however, that some folks like the GDP just fine, thank you very much, and don't...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Mar 12, 2008

  Happiness, Per Capita Income, and Indicators
A few recent news stories may be of interest to this group. Income and Happiness: An Imperfect Link has Robert H. Frank looking at the convoluted relationship between per capita income, GDP, inflation adjustments, quality of life, and happiness. If anyone is measuring per capita income (or...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Oct 7, 2007

  Focus on Social Indicators
In India, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry heard that social indicators eclipse India's economic growth . The President of the Papua New Guinea Chamber of Commerce called out the government , saying “We need to improve our social indicators … and we have to make...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Sep 5, 2007

  Index of Economic Well-Being
Last fall I had an opportunity to spend some time with Lars Osberg at a conference put on by PEKEA . The conversation about indicators of social progress was energetic and productive, which was readily apparent even though most of it was in French . I bring this up to pass on the exciting...... [view]
Posted By:  BenWarner
Posted On:  Jul 28, 2007

  Measuring Poverty, Part II
In an earlier post we discussed the National Center for Children in Poverty and its factsheet on Measuring Income and Poverty in the United States . Another useful data resource for measuring poverty is The Poverty Site , which calls itself " The UK site for statistics on poverty and...... [view]
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