Steve
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
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> Ju-chang He, I fully agree with your statement - high GDP growth does NOT
> mean high human development growth. But you did not ask me if i think that
> GDP is 'humane' (to which my answer would have been no for the reasons you
> list in your missive) - you asked me if GDP is 'scientific' - to which most
> rational people would answer 'yes.'
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> As I argued in other postings to this thread, science has to be analytical
> rather than politically correct. I argued thatusing diffrent indicators of
> economic growth and human development is mor analytica than using a single
> conflated measure. I have also shown that gdp can be used in a very
> critical way, for example by serving as the base for comparing social
> welfare spending among different countries (i.e. what share of national
> wealth is being spent on human development).
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> so it is not the indicator itself, but how it used that is fair or unfair
> to poor people.
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> best
>
> wojtek
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