From GDP to Gross National Happiness

The current global economic crisis is causing a lot of reconsideration and re-examination of past practices and theories. French President Sarkozy fromed a commission including Nobel-Prize-winners Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz to consider new ways to measure growth. Their report was released September 2009.

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Here is a related video from December 11, 2009: the Kenneth Arrow lecture by Amartya Sen, including a response by Joseph Stiglitz. It's very very very long, but it gives you an idea of how Amartya Sen speaks and looks.

Annual Kenneth Arrow Lecture Featuring Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, and Eric Maskin, Part 1 of 3 from Heyman Center for the Humanities on Vimeo.