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STATE OF SOCIETY - MEASURING ECONOMIC SUCCESS & HUMAN WELL-BEING

Direct Link to Full 94-Page Publication:

http://www.partnershipway.org/get-connected/public-policy-project/the-state-of-society-measuring-economic-success-and-human-well-being/FINAL-state-of-society.pdf

When GDP (Gross Domestic Product) keeps rising at the same time that joblessness is dangerously high and childcare and educational budgets are slashed, we urgently need new measurements that give policy makers and the public a more accurate picture of the true economic health of the country and our citizens. State of Society: Measuring Economic Success and Human Well-Being— is an Urban Institute report commissioned by CPS—CPS is proposing Social Wealth indicators that show the enormous value of the work of caring and caregiving in both the market and non-market economic sectors.