By the Numbers
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Paul Hawken
Earlier this year, at the Sustainable Industries Economic Forum, Paul Hawken challenged us to take a look at the use of the gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of the vitality of the world economy. After looking at some alternatives to the GDP, we drew the following comparison of two countries at different ends of the spectrum.
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Interesting. This would be a lot more helpful if you provided explanation as to the various rankings. Seems high scores are good in some categories and bad in others - but since I'm not familiar with the rankings I can't tell.
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