406 !!install!! - Gdp

When we chase GDP 406 at all costs, we pave over wetlands to build warehouses. We replace main street with Amazon distribution centers. We turn 40-hour work weeks into 60-hour death marches. We get the number, but we lose the plot. Does this mean we should ignore GDP? No. A certain level of economic output is necessary to keep the lights on and food in the pantry. GDP is a measure of activity, not a measure of value.

And that is a number no spreadsheet has ever been able to calculate. What would your version of "GDP 406" look like? A 406-hour work month? A 406-acre nature preserve? Let us know in the comments. gdp 406

While the rest of the world chased the high score—the 406, the 500, the 1,000—Bhutan realized that you cannot eat a number. You cannot breathe a statistic. When we chase GDP 406 at all costs,