For decades, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been used as a benchmark of society’s progress. Yet, as the GDP figures keep ticking up, so too does a profound disenchantment with the political and ...

The UN High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP comprises 14 globally recognized experts appointed in May 2025, drawing on ...

In “Recession Fears May Not Pass GO” (op-ed, Aug. 10), Mark Skousen argues for using gross output, or GO, as a more reliable indicator of economic growth than gross domestic product. I fail to see how ...

For many years now, the GDP has been severely criticized as not adequately measuring economic progress and the quality of life. The truth, however, is that the GDP was not designed to measure human ...

Discover how economic growth rate measures a nation's economic health over time using GDP, along with its formula and ...

Canada’s total GDP continues growing, but this national figure masks a much harsher reality for the average person. While politicians celebrate top-line expansion, per capita output has stagnated, ...

Seriously. How are you feeling about your economic situation? Because the unemployment rate is still near generational lows, inflation is down to 3.2%, and gross domestic product, or GDP, grew at a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. GDP is the total market value of all final goods and ...

Zerodha co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath has sparked a discussion on social media by questioning if gross domestic product i.e. GDP is the right measure of progress. In a lengthy post on microblogging ...

There may be an explanation for why the U.S. economy has been remarkably resilient, growing briskly despite high inflation and interest rates. Maybe it isn’t so resilient after all. This week, the ...

United Nations proposes new global dashboard to measure progress beyond GDP. Secretary–General’s High–Level Expert Group sets out a set of indicators to put p ...