In the middle of the eighteenth century, the physician-turned-economist François Quesnay devised a quantitative model of the economy, among the first of its kind and a precursor to present-day GDP.

Thomas Tunstall, research director for UTSA's Institute for Economic Development, makes a case for looking beyond GDP when thinking about economic well-being. Almost everyone is familiar with gross ...

[E]conomists are at this moment called upon to say how to extricate the free world from the serious threat of accelerating inflation which, it must be admitted, has been brought about by policies ...

With GDP and employment figures dominating political debates, it is easy to forget that they are hardly timeless truths. In fact, how we measure progress has shifted dramatically over time. The ...

BEIJING, March 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- When it comes to ecological and environmental protection, it is essential to take into account the overall interests, the long-term interests, and the ...