184 “Interpersonal Connectedness” One Factor in Metric to Replace GDP
Michael Lee Stallard
MAY 19, 2010
In “ The Rise and Fall of GDP ,&# that appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Jon Gertner describes this effort.
GDP Related Topics 
GDP Revision: The recession was worse than everyone thought!
ReThink HR
JULY 30, 2011
In its GDP release yesterday, the Commerce Dept. Business Impact ALFRED GDP Recession St. This from the The Big Picture Blog! made revisions back t0 2003 that showed the recession to be worse than originally thought. Using ALFRED , the St.
3 Charts US Economists Want to Keep Secret
Coaching Tip
AUGUST 1, 2016
In fact, real GDP per person just dropped to its lowest level in more than 75 years ! Stock Market What is 2008-2009 recession daily newspaper economic data economists free look New York real GDP USLike Vanilla is used to make Chocolate. Despite new all-time highs in the stock market, US economic data is lagging.
Hello Deflation
Coaching Tip
NOVEMBER 11, 2014
In September, eleven of fifteen European Union members experienced lower goods prices, and the latest quarter-over-quarter Eurozone growth in real GDP is zero. Deflation Rearing its Ugly Head in Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Ways Around the Globe.
Markets: Understand the Present to Forecast the Future (Part 2)
Coaching Tip
AUGUST 9, 2016
After noticing the real GDP per person just dropped to its lowest level in more than 75 years, a major newspaper recently asked a slate of economists, "What's wrong with the economy?" Stock Market What is Chartered Market Technician cultural trends Elliott wave EWI Knowing market analysis markets real GDP Robert PrechterKnowing where you are within a trend helps you see around the next corner. By Elliott Wave International.
GDP Is a Wildly Flawed Measure for the Digital Age
Harvard Business Review
JULY 28, 2016
Gross Domestic Product (GDP), our core measure of prosperity, was developed during the industrial age. HBR STAFF. Germany, Switzerland, and Japan are now in negative interest rate territory. So are Denmark and Sweden. And U.S. treasuries have hit all-time lows.
The productivity imperative
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
Bob's blog entries Amazon Elizabeth Stephenson France Telecom’s Orange GDP growth Germany’s T-Systems Kindle OECD countries Peter Bisson Rik Kirkland S. Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Peter Bisson, Elizabeth Stephenson, and S. Patrick Viguerie for The McKinsey Quarterly.
How Reducing Gender Inequality Could Boost U.S. GDP by $2.1 Trillion
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 12, 2016
state and city could add at least 5% to GDP by 2025 by advancing the economic potential of women. states could add more than 10%, and the nation’s 50 largest cities could add between 6% and 13% of GDP. trillion GDP opportunity would require the creation of 6.4
The Coming Jobs War: A book review by Bob Morris
First Friday Book Synopsis
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
findings) that must be mastered the the World Poll Top 25 Nations ranked by GDP What a master plan for economic “war” most consist of what they can do Who “super mentors” are Why behavioral economics is “the new secret weapon
More Women in the Workforce Could Raise GDP by 5%
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Booz estimates, for example, that if female employment rates were to match male rates in the United States, overall GDP would rise by 5%. In Japan, such initiatives could increase GDP by 9%. Nearly one billion women are poised to enter the global economy in the coming decade.
Is GDP the Right Measure of Wealth and Well-Being?
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 11, 2011
In case you skimmed too fast to get the point, here it is: that favored benchmark of national performance, GDP growth or GDP per capita, is a distortion of reality that guides us to decisions contrary to what people really want. The Legatum people reason that in order for keep the focus on our real priorities, we need to measure the other components of prosperity as carefully as we do GDP, profits, and individual income.
Beyond GDP, How the World's Economies Stack Up
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
These days, many people agree that, just as the full measure of a man can't be taken by his banker, the full measure of a nation isn't reflected in its GDP. But what should take the place of that alpha metric as a better indicator of economic health? Is there a better way to size up the relative performance of the world's economies, and to judge whether a given one is getting better or worse over time?
Forget GDP — We Need Numbers That Matter for the Questions We Have
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 4, 2014
No single number has become more central to society in the past 50 years than GDP — Gross Domestic Product. government released its revised estimate for GDP for the last three months of 2013. GDP very purposefully excludes whole swaths of human existence, from domestic work to volunteer activities to cash transactions not recorded by the government. The limitations of GDP have long been recognized. Academics have also joined the post-GDP party.
Nigeria’s GDP Just Doubled on Paper: What It Means in Practice
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 9, 2014
Earlier this week, Nigeria ascended to the position of Africa’s largest economy following a recalculation of its GDP by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics. The long overdue exercise (the last one was in 1990) nearly doubled the country’s economy pushing GDP up to $510bn from $270bn. Before the announcement, the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio for Nigeria was 33%, compared to 270% for South Africa.
Study in Leadership: Can Matteo Renzi Succeed?
Execupundit
MARCH 6, 2014
Sovereign debt stands at 133 percent of annual GDP -- among EU member states, only Greece has more. Italy has now suffered through more than two consecutive years of recession. Rome is even €70 billion in debt to companies in Italy.
The Urbanizing Developing World: Lagos
Execupundit
JULY 12, 2018
By most accounts, Lagos has twice as many people as London, along with a GDP greater than all but six African states. Poverty, confusion, and moral fluidity haven’t stopped Lagos from achieving global prominence. Maybe an all-pervading looseness has even been a source of the city’s growth, since it has expanded with a velocity that prudent planning would avoid.
What Warren Buffett would do to end the deficit in 5 minutes
First Friday Book Synopsis
NOVEMBER 23, 2014
“You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. He told told CNBC he could do it. The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days […]. Bob''s blog entries citizen legislators CNBC Founding Fathers Proposed Congressional Reform Act What Warren Buffett would do to end the deficit in 5 minutes
Boston named ‘Best City to Find a Job’
HR Digest
JANUARY 8, 2019
Economic: disposable income, GDP growth, new business registration, new startups, standard of living, total employment, youth employment. Your chances of getting employment may be directly affected by where you live. That’s what a recent study by Movinga suggests, anyway.
Europe's Decline
Execupundit
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
In 1965, government spending as a percentage of GDP averaged 28% in Western Europe. During the postwar years, annual GDP growth in Europe averaged 5.5%. Today it hovers just under 50%. In 1965, the fertility rate in Germany was a healthy 2.5 children per mother. Today it is a catastrophic 1.35. After 1973, it rarely exceeded 2.3%. In 1973, Europeans worked 102 hours for every 100 worked by an American. By 2004 they worked just 82 hours for every 100 American ones.
Why the Strong U.S. Economy Is Not Making Americans Happy
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
GDP is masking deeper issues. Economics & Society Video
Bad Bosses Lead Employees to Entrepreneurship
Women on Business
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
their companies account for over $3 trillion of GDP (for the sake of comparison, that’s 40% of China’s entire GDP). NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Did you know that 70% of successful entrepreneurs were employed by someone else before they started their own businesses, and one of the main reasons they became entrepreneurs was to stop working for other people?
First Paragraph
Execupundit
JANUARY 16, 2017
Between 1970 and 2015, the value of exports and imports as a fraction of gross domestic product (GDP) almost tripled from 11 percent to about 30 percent. The past few decades have witnessed a historic integration of the United States into the world economy - even more so than in the first half of the twentieth century.
Top 10 Economic Facts of Workplace Diversity
Women on Business
JULY 13, 2012
A McKinsey & Company study, for example, found that the increase in women’s overall share of labor in the United States—women went from holding 37 percent of all jobs to 47 percent over the past 40 years—has accounted for about a quarter of current GDP.” NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Having a diverse workforce not only benefits company innovation and productivity but it also benefits the economy.
Globalization in the World We Live in Now: World 3.0
Harvard Business Review
MAY 31, 2011
Economy Global business Information & technology GDPSo far, 2011 has been a remarkable year.
Languages Your Company Should Speak (But Has Never Heard)
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 18, 2013
Back in 2003, Mark Davies carried out an important analysis of gross domestic product (GDP) by language use. of the world''s GDP. Communication Customers Global business GDP
Are You Fretting over the Economy?
Coaching Tip
AUGUST 4, 2011
But please allow us to suggest this: Belief that the GDP and other economic measures drive stock market trends is completely and utterly false. Suppose you were to possess perfect knowledge that next quarter's GDP will be the strongest rising quarter for a span of 15 years, guaranteed.
The Euro Is Not a Long-term Crisis
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Of the 17 members of the euro zone, just three (Germany, France and Italy) make up more than three-quarters of the area's aggregate gross domestic product (GDP) of about €12 trillion. Its 20% rise in the past 18 months has cut Swiss GDP growth rates and provided a competitive advantage to companies in the euro zone. Economy Global business GDP
Debt and the Future of the U.S.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 22, 2010
trillion, roughly 10% of gross domestic product (GDP). Gross public debt is $14 trillion, or over 95% of GDP. In total, the estimated liabilities of the federal government are in the range of $70 trillion, over five times annual GDP. Cutting costs Economy Government GDPFrom where I sit as an economist, it's still all about the economy and the long-term impact of the problems laid bare by the Great Recession.
The Greek Debt
Execupundit
AUGUST 15, 2013
It currently stands at 157% of GDP and is expected to rise to 171% by the end of this year, says David Beim, finance professor at Columbia University. Nin-Hai Tseng on why Greece''s budget surplus is a mirage.
China, America, and Copycat Economics
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 23, 2011
In the second quarter of 2011, China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 9.5%. From the vantage point of many in the United States, where optimistic estimates of GDP growth continue to be cut and now hover around 2%, it seems that the Chinese "problem" is a nice one to have. China Disruptive innovation Economy GDPThat was down from 9.7% in the previous quarter and from its blistering 11.9% pace in the first quarter of 2010.
The Key to a Jobs Plan that Works
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
Small businesses constitute the majority of our GDP and have historically been the source of most new job creation. An economy that derives 70% of its GDP from consumer spending cannot sustain stable growth when average consumers don't have money to spend. From 2000 – 2009, overall GDP grew by 17.8% Imagine a structurally sound house with a roof (GDP) supported by 4 walls (demand). Economy Recession Small/medium business GDP
Reading break
Managing Leadership
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
In the meanwhile, please see these excellent resources: An interesting WSJ column on what may be behind the drive to refine the GDP as a standard of national well-being. — Technorati Tags: WSJ , GDP , executive , decision , Michael Wade , globalization , technology , Economist , David Noer , Mary Jo Asmus , Eclecticity. Today’s post will be published: tomorrow!
How Happy Is Your Organization?
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 20, 2013
It was hosted by Bhutan, a small but visionary country which famously uses Gross National Happiness (GNH) instead of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to index its progress. Leadership Managing people Morale Motivation Organizational culture Productivity GDP GNHToday, March 20, 2013, marks the first ever International Day of Happiness.
Complimentary Resource – Economist: Smart SMBs Fine-Tuning the Engines of Growth
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 28, 2013
In the latest forecasts from The Economist Intelligence Unit, global GDP growth for 2013 has been revised down to 3.1% – only slightly up on GDP growth for 2012 (2.9%). Economist: Smart SMBs Fine-Tuning the Engines of Growth. by Symantec Corporation.
Reason Why 2013 Stock Prices are in the Stratosphere
Coaching Tip
OCTOBER 4, 2013
Let''s normalize this indicator to GDP and see what we have. Margin debt as a percentage of annual GDP is still 10 times the 1974 level. Margin debt is up 100 times in the last 39 years.
The Key to Winning in Global Markets
C-Level Strategies
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
“Mid-size and large cities in developing countries generally have a growth rate exceeding that of their host countries,” say the authors, and “top cities have grown faster in GDP than the rate of their country’s GDP growth.
How Danish Is Your Organization?
The Leadership Advisor
OCTOBER 29, 2013
Good question… GDP per capita – In a nutshell, the people of Denmark are productive. Send to Kindle The World Happiness Report was released last month (Sept. 2013) and Denmark was declared the happiest country on the planet.
Book Review: The Coming Jobs War
Lead on Purpose
OCTOBER 8, 2011
Those things destroy cities, destroy job growth and destroy city GDP. More money, jobs and GDP turns on who is named manager than on any other decision,” says Clifton. “If you were to ask me ‘From all your research, what is the best predictor of new jobs?’ my answer would always be new customers.” Jim Clifton , chairman of Gallup and author of The Coming Jobs War: What every leader must know about the future of job creation , says that what everyone wants is a good job.
Jeff Henderson – Catalyst 2013
Ron Edmondson
OCTOBER 5, 2013
Charitable giving in US has remained at 2% of GDP since 1970. Jeff Henderson was one of my favorite speakers at this year’s Catalyst Conference. His talk was on what non-profits can learn from for profits. One reason I identify with Jeff is because of his background in the business world. Here are a few thoughts Jeff shared: The solutions non profits are trying to provide aren’t keeping up with the problems they are trying to solve.
How Danish Is Your Organization?
The Leadership Advisor
OCTOBER 29, 2013
Good question… GDP per capita – In a nutshell, the people of Denmark are productive. The World Happiness Report was released last month (Sept. 2013) and Denmark was declared the happiest country on the planet.
The Economic and Social Impact of Language
Mills Scofield
AUGUST 27, 2013
Consequently, we aren’t being prepared for engagement in a country with a $2,100 per capita GDP. With the rise of China, India and other Asian countries, what languages do we teach in school? Bengali? Punjabi? Think this is a bit of an issue for our economic and political future?
When You’re Tied Up In Supply Chains, You Need A Strategy
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 24, 2017
In short, it’s an enormous business, consuming some 6 percent of total world GDP, more than military spending and education combined. According to estimates by supply chain management organizations, the global supply chain market is worth more than $10 trillion a year.
Optimism and Insights from Mid-Market CEOs about Business Growth
C-Level Strategies
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
private sector GDP alone ranks them as the equivalent of the world’s fourth largest country.
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