Stephen E Philion GDP is unscientific and unfair for poor people.

Stephen E Philion philion at hawaii.edu
Mon Aug 30 10:20:29 PDT 1999


Chang, I would actually argue that you don't have the answer if you believe the reason economists in China are 'ignorant' of the social implications of how they theorise economics...I guess all they to change are 'informed' people like us to get them to change, eh? Steve On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, chang wrote:


> Dear Stephen E Philion,
> You don't know the answer? I can tell you.
>
> It is because economists all over the world are ignorant that they still use GDP
> to judge the economic growth of a country.
>
> I'd like to tell economists that what poor people need is "raising the living
> standards", not GDP.
>
> If the living standards of poor people are raised, they can will afford to make a
> trip by airplane. But poor people still can't afford to send their children to
> school when GDP is raised. Therefore economic theory must be based on the living
> standards of people, especially poor people, not GDP.
> Ju-chang He
>
> Date: Monday, August 30, 1999 6:31 AM Stephen E Philion wrote:
> >Ju-chang,
> >An even better question, why are economists at China's leading economics
> >institutes so enamored of this concept? Steve
> >
> >On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, chang wrote:
> >
> >> Why economists all over the world still use Gross Domestic Product to judge
> the
> >> economic growth of a certain country and, according to this GDP, calculate
> this
> >> country's economic growth rate?
> >>
> >> Date: Sunday, August 29, 1999 2:41 PM Stephen E Philion wrote:
> >> >Ju-chang,
> >> >Yes, I would agree with you on that. That is very different from arguing
> >> >that it is unfair in general.
> >> >
> >> >Steve
> >> >
> >> >On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, chang wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Stephen E Philion,
> >> >> Do you agree that GDP is unscientific and unfair for poor people?
> >> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >> Ju-chang He
> >>
> >> SHENZHEN, P.R. CHINA
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