Development: Time to leave GDP behind

Robert Costanza (), Ida Kubiszewski, Enrico Giovannini, Hunter Lovins, Jacqueline McGlade, Kate E. Pickett, Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir, Debra Roberts, Roberto De Vogli and Richard Wilkinson
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Robert Costanza: Robert Costanza and Ida Kubiszewski are at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra.
Ida Kubiszewski: Robert Costanza and Ida Kubiszewski are at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra.
Enrico Giovannini: University of Rome Tor Vergata, and minister of labour and social policies in the Italian government.
Hunter Lovins: Hunter Lovins is at Natural Capital Solutions, Longmont, Colorado.
Jacqueline McGlade: Jacqueline McGlade is at University College London, and the United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi, Kenya.
Kate E. Pickett: University of York, UK.
Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir: Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir is at the Institutes of Earth Sciences and Sustainable Development Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavík.
Debra Roberts: eThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa.
Roberto De Vogli: Roberto De Vogli is at the University of California, Davis.
Richard Wilkinson: University of Nottingham, UK.

Nature, 2014, vol. 505, issue 7483, 283-285

Abstract: Gross domestic product is a misleading measure of national success. Countries should act now to embrace new metrics, urge Robert Costanza and colleagues.

Date: 2014
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