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»Was wirklich zählt« ist eine grundlegende Geschichte aus erster Hand über die Herausforderung, soziale, wirtschaftliche und ökologische Vor- und Nachteile zu berücksichtigen und eine realistische Alternative zum Bruttoinlandsprodukt auszuformulieren. Ronald Colman erzählt von zwei Jahrzehnten der Zusammenarbeit mit drei Regierungen, um Maßnahmen zu ergreifen, mit denen Faktoren quantifiziert werden können, die das BIP übersieht. Politiker un...

What Really Counts is an essential, firsthand story of the promise and challenges of accounting for social, economic, and environmental benefits. Ronald Colman recounts two decades of working with three governments to adopt measures capable of quantifying factors that GDP overlooks.

Politicians and economists fixate on "growing the economy"--measured by a country's gross domestic product. But this yardstick counts harmful activities such as greenhouse gas emissions, plastic waste, and cigarette sales as gains, and it ignores environmental protection, voluntary community work, and other benefits. What we measure is a choice, and what is and isn't counted determines what sorts of policies are enacted. How can we shift the f...

Leaving Whittier tells the stories of two residents of Whittier, California, one who became President and one who lived in obscurity. One whose tenancy was expiring in the Summer of '74, and one who achieved a modest goal in the same season. Two men of different generations who sought to take a measure of the country in that distant year.