Goodbye GDP? 31 ways to replace the world's favourite measure of economic health

Beyond GDP indicators include measures of air (pictured here in Shanghai). Credit: Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty The United Nations is considering 31 new indicators to “complement and go beyond” the world’s main measure of economic growth, gross domestic product (GDP). The proposed new annual indicators include economic metrics such as household disposable income per person, and environmental data such as a country’s greenhouse gas emissions and levels of particulate matter in the air. …