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“Interpersonal Connectedness” One Factor in Metric to Replace GDP

Michael Lee Stallard

In “ The Rise and Fall of GDP ,&# that appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Jon Gertner describes this effort. Government Accountability Office (GAO) developing a “key national indicators&# system that will be available online. Gertner writes about the U.S. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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The Economic and Social Impact of Language

Mills Scofield

In 2009, 97 American undergraduates studied Bengali , the 7th most spoken language in the world. Consequently, we aren’t being prepared for engagement in a country with a $2,100 per capita GDP. Angela Maiers Brown University Culture Economic Development Education Innovation Language Leadership Learning' Translation?

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3 Entrepreneurs Who Made It Their Mission to Lower Health Care Costs

Harvard Business Review

trillion, or almost 18% of its GDP , on health care — that’s $10,000 per person, twice as much as any other country in the industrialized world. Dinesh’s grandfather developed complications between the checks and passed away. There is a healthcare crisis in the U.S. In 2016, the U.S. spent a staggering $3.2