Webinar: How to Measure Progress? Replacing GDP
A webinar revealing stories from Massachusetts, Maryland, the Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub, and Vermont in using the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI).
Spending is Not Growth: The Case Against GDP
It is easy to fall under the misconception that GDP is a reliable indicator of economic growth or of a country’s well-being.
Jeffrey Sachs, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to Speak at “Beyond the Great Recession and Beyond GDP” Event
Sachs and O’Malley to discuss how Gross Domestic Product can be replaced by other wellbeing indicators to help policymakers to make better choices for a sustainable future.
Advancing Genuine Progress
Standard economic growth indicators aren’t yielding enough information, especially when it comes to inequality.
Addressing Inequality in Maryland
When assessing policies affecting our state and the well-being of all our citizens, we should be using a lens such as the Genuine Progress Indicator.
New Report Shows True Cost of Inequality in Maryland
Report uses Genuine Progress Indicator, finds that a more equitable level of income could generate $65 billion in benefits for Maryland
Report: Closing the Inequality Divide
A new IPS report lays out a strategy for fostering Genuine Progress in Maryland.
Inequality Is Hurting Us All
If the levels of greater income equality of 1968 still prevailed today, the poorest fifth of Marylanders would be earning twice what they take home now.
How Sandy Reveals the GDP’s Twisted Logic
Extreme weather doesn’t boost the economy.
Beyond the Jobs Report: A Call for a Transformational Economy
Those job numbers are good for Obama, but don’t say whether the economy is truly getting healthier.
The Six Stages of Climate Grief
I have discovered a new sixth stage, beyond acceptance of the truly depressing climate science: doing The Work.
Crashing the GDP
A harrowing road trip on the first day of my summer internship helped me get the point of my work on the Genuine Progress Indicator.
Shell-shocked Again, this Time because of Aurora
For the victims of Colorado’s recent tragedy, it’s time we get our values straight and face the true costs of our trigger-happy culture.
Workshop: Genuine Progress Indicator
Experts from the Maryland Department of Resources and the Institute for Policy Studies will
introduce Maryland’s alternative state indicator and discuss how it could best be utilized by people interested in incorporating it into the work of the Transition Towns movement in Howard County.
A Better Way of Measuring Progress in Maryland
GDP doesn’t measure most of what’s necessary for a good life.