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Development: Time to leave GDP behind

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Gross domestic product is a misleading measure of national success. Countries should act now to embrace new metrics, urge Robert Costanza and colleagues.

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  1. Robert Costanza and Ida Kubiszewski are at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra.,

    Robert Costanza & Ida Kubiszewski

  2. Enrico Giovannini is in the Department of Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata, and minister of labour and social policies in the Italian government.,

    Enrico Giovannini

  3. Hunter Lovins is at Natural Capital Solutions, Longmont, Colorado.,

    Hunter Lovins

  4. Jacqueline McGlade is at University College London, and the United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi, Kenya.,

    Jacqueline McGlade

  5. Kate E. Pickett is in the Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK.,

    Kate E. Pickett

  6. Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir is at the Institutes of Earth Sciences and Sustainable Development Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavík.,

    Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir

  7. Debra Roberts is in the Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department, eThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa.,

    Debra Roberts

  8. Roberto De Vogli is at the University of California, Davis.,

    Roberto De Vogli

  9. Richard Wilkinson is in the Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, UK.,

    Richard Wilkinson

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