Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics n° 517-518-519 - 2020 Beyond and Around GDP: Questions to National Accounting
Preface – National Accounting: Old Questions Revisited, Plus Some New Ones
Diane Coyle
Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics
No 517-518-519
Paru le :08/10/2020
Abstract
Whether or not the national accounts were ‘one of the great inventions’ of the past century, they have certainly been one of the most influential. They are the lens through which we have viewed economic progress, focused ultimately on the growth in real GDP. As a result, governments promising to deliver progress to their citizens have been evaluated by that metric, and made policy decisions in order to deliver it. This issue of Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics provides a timely overview of key critiques – some old and some new – of the national accounts.
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Citation: Coyle, D. (2020). Preface – National Accounting: Old Questions Revisited,
Plus Some New Ones. Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, 517-518-519, 5–7.
https://doi.org/10.24187/ecostat.2020.517t.2015