> we end up with entire countries whose sole goal is to eternally increase their GDP This is a pernicious straw-man. No county focuses only on GDP. No govern

> we end up with entire countries whose sole goal is to eternally increase their GDP This is a pernicious straw-man. No county focuses only on GDP. No government focuses only on GDP. Unemployment, interest rates, inflation, balance of payments, national debt etc, are all prominent indicators in any economy. And show me a country that doesn’t also measure educational achievement, crime rates, divorce statistics, birth rates, suicides, alcohol consumption… the list is endless. The only people who want an alternative to GDP are the ones who mistakenly think that the economy or society can be summed up in a single measure.