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Remarks of Robert F. Kennedy at the University of Kansas, March 18, 1968 (PDF)

Robert F. Kennedy Speech at the University of Kansas (video)

Coal Costs the U.S. $500 Billion Annualy in Health, Economic, Environmental Impacts, by Ariel Schwartz, Fast Company, Feb 16, 2011 (PDF)

Rethinking the Measure of Growth, by Wayne Arnold, The New York Times, July 18, 2010 (PDF)

The Rise and Fall of GDP, by Jon Gertner, The New York Times, May 10, 2010 (PDF)

The Sandra Bullock Trade, by David Brooksold, The New York Times, March 30, 2010 (PDF)

Is GDP an Obsolete Measure of Progress?, by Judith Schwartz, Time Magazine, January 30, 2010 (PDF)

Misleading Indicator, by Megan McArdle, Atlantic Monthly, November 2009 (PDF)

GDP Seen as Inadequate Measure of Economic Health, by David Jolly, The New York Times, September 15, 2009 (PDF)

GDP ≠ Happiness, by Louis Uchitelle, The New York Times, August 30, 2008 (PDF)

Our Phony Economy, by Jonathan Rowe, Harper's Magazine, June, 2008 (PDF)

Real News broadcast (video), March 19, 2008

Measuring What Matters, by Martin Collier, The Seattle Times, March 18, 2008 (PDF)

Resurrecting the idealism of Robert F. Kennedy, by Steve Duin, The Oregonian, March 18, 2008 (PDF)

Does GDP really capture economy's health?, by Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor, March 12, 2008 (PDF)

Our three-decade recession: The American quality of life has been going downhill since 1975, by Robert Costanza, The Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2008 (PDF)

Income and Happiness: An Imperfect Link, by Robert H. Frank, The New York Times, March 9, 2008 (PDF)

The Nonmarket Benefits of Nature: What Should Be counted In Green GDP?, by James W. Boyd, Resources For The Future, Summer 2006 - Issue Number 162 (PDF)

Happiness (and how to measure it), The Economist, December 19, 2006 (PDF)

Economics discovers its feelings, The Economist, December 19, 2006 (PDF)

Seizing Intangibles for the GDP, by Louis Uchitelle, The New York Times,
April 9, 2006 (PDF)

The GDP Myth: Why "growth" isn't always a good thing, by Jonathan Rowe and Judith Silverstein, The Washington Monthly, March 1, 1999 (PDF)

If the GDP is Up, Why is America Down?, by Clifford Cobb, Ted Halstead, and Jonathan Rowe, The Atlantic Monthly, October 1995 (PDF)

For additional reading:

Nature's Numbers: Expanding the National Economic Accounts to Include the Environment, National Research Council, William D. Nordhaus and Edward C. Kokkelenberg, Editors, The National Academies Press, 1999, ISBN 0-309-07151-8

Beyond The Market: Designing Nonmarket Accounts for the United States, National Research Council, Katharine G. Abraham and Christophe Mackie, Editors, The National Acadamies Press, 2005, ISBN 0-309-09319-8