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The Happiness Index includes GDP per capita in their metric, IHDI includes GNI per capita.
by jampekka 2y ago
The Happiness Index includes GDP per capita in their metric, IHDI includes GNI per capita.
- SpicyLemonZest 2y agoThat seems pretty flattering for the GDP-growth dogma, then, if organizations trying to measure happiness and human development feel that GDP statistics are an important input.
- cryptonector 2y agoGNI is about inequality, which again many of us in this thread argue is not a good measure. Bringing it back in through the backdoor doesn't help. Argue the points.
- jampekka 2y agoGNI is Gross National Income, which is not about inequality. It's essentially GDP corrected with money transfers from and to other countries. You're probably confusing it to the Gini coefficient.
- cryptonector 2y agoAh yes, sorry -- both pronounced the same way.