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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. Gertner writes about the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) developing a “key national indicators&# system that will be available online. Last year I spoke at the GAO’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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Does 2010's 4th. Quarter Results Signal Good Times?

Coaching Tip

Gross domestic product (GDP)—a broad measure of all goods and services produced—grew at a 3.2% Final sales—a measure that gives a feeling for underlying demand in the economy by subtracting the change in business inventories from GDP—notched its biggest increase since 1984, growing 7.1% percentage points to GDP.

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The Joy of Facts

Next Level Blog

My favorite Moynihan quote is my favorite because it so aptly describes the root cause of the failure of leadership that so much of the American public is concerned about today. leads the world in health expenditures as a percentage of GDP at 16.5%. Leadership, if it’s anything, is about creating meaningful, positive change.

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The Economic and Social Impact of Language

Mills Scofield

Consequently, we aren’t being prepared for engagement in a country with a $2,100 per capita GDP. And, in 2010, Arne Duncan announced that 95% of American college students in language classes were taking European languages. Less than 100 American students were studying a language spoken by 193 million people in the world.

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Wise Economic Decision Making

Coaching Tip

percentage points from GDP, based on the average of 2010's first three quarters. In 2005, housing accounted for 6.1 percent of economic activity in the U.S. Last year, inflation-adjusted investment in new homes probably subtracted 0.17

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What Has the Eurozone Learned from the Financial Crisis?

Harvard Business Review

But the real tragedy happened later: a timid recovery during 2010-11 was followed by a second recession starting in the third quarter of 2011, from which Europe did not start recovering until 2015. But GDP fell so much that the actual effect was to push up the ratio of debt to GDP.

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Health Reform Lessons from Mexico

Harvard Business Review

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. By December of 2010, 40 million people were enrolled in it, and the country is on track to achieving the goal of universal coverage this year.