How should we measure society’s progress?
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About the video: ‘How should we measure society’s progress?’
Hazel Henderson says that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a crude way of measuring a nation’s progress and believes that new indicators are needed. Equally misguided has been the misinterpretation of Darwin’s “survival of the fittest” as promoting unbridled competition. Darwin gave at least as much importance to co-operation and this, in Henderson’s view, is the way forward in an increasingly globalized world. There is now a new super-power emerging, which she calls global public opinion. A better informed public in pursuit of truth is a force for good – and one our politicians will have to respect.
Total views: 2,525
Filmed: San Francisco on 6 November 2005
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2005 Big Picture TV
About Hazel Henderson
Dr. Hazel Henderson is a syndicated columnist and a consultant on sustainable development in over thirty countries. In 1996 she co-created the Country Futures Indicators as an alternative to Gross Domestic Product. Shortly afterwards she launched the Calvert-Henderson ‘Quality of Life Indicators’ in association with the Calvert Group. She founded Ethical Markets Media in 2003 and is Co-Executive Producer of the television series ‘Ethical Markets.’ She has authored several books, the most recent being “Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy” (2006).
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