Mark Cliffe: Figuring out how to count what counts - GDP is increasingly flawed

Widely regarded as a reliable and objective benchmark of measuring an economy’s size and success, GDP is in fact deeply and increasingly flawed, writes Mark Cliffe.

Mark Cliffe: Figuring out how to count what counts - GDP is increasingly flawed

Widely regarded as a reliable and objective benchmark of measuring an economy’s size and success, GDP is in fact deeply and increasingly flawed, writes Mark Cliffe.

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

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