This is one of the papers cited: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Beyond-GDP%3A-Measuring-and-achieving-global-genuine-Kubiszewski-Costanza/d33cb5bf58e0ee1

This is one of the papers cited: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Beyond-GDP%3A-Measuring-and-achieving-global-genuine-Kubiszewski-Costanza/d33cb5bf58e0ee1bfadd2f4f65f54546036857e2 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Beyond-GDP%3A-Measurin... The graphs are very interesting, especially the divergence of GDP from GPI in China. While the theory that GDP is a poor measure of delivering real improvement to human lives is believable, the numbers for China may also indicate they may have been cooking the GDP books since about the early 2000s. Unfortunately there is a lot of anti-China disinfo going around. But untrustworthy data from China is a thing. I wonder if this research will reveal that not only has quality of life stagnated in China, but also the GDP numbers are not as good as has been claimed for over a decade, which affects assessments of sovereign and private debt, etc.