Recommended reading - Stiglitz's report
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To see the government point of view, you may wish to read executive summary (pp 7-18) from Stiglitz, J., A. Sen and J.-P. Fitoussi. (2009) Report of the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress. You may wish to google the French or German version, they both exist.
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