Dear all:
GDP turns 80 this year. I would like to survey your opinion with respect to pooling our energies and build a coordinated campaign to convince as many governments as possible to let go of GDP this year. We are doing this in Africa, where I have speaking at the African Union and will be speaking in Namibia and Nigeria on the occasion of their GDP-rebasing. It would be great if, after the Nature article, we could put together a temporary “emergency unit” to see how much we can achieve this year. Perhaps plan a series of meetings across the world? Or one single coordinated event in which we all decide to “stand against GDP” on the same day and organize seminars and public debates at our universities? We are open to all suggestions. We need to keep the momentum and up our visibility, also outside of academic circles.
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