Hearings

Rethinking the Gross Domestic Product as a Measurement of National Strength

March 12, 2008
01:30 PM SR 253
At this hearing, the subcommittee will examine whether the GDP constitutes an accurate reflection of economic growth and social well-being, which factors are included in and excluded from the calculation of the GDP, and how national policy and decision making are impacted by emphasis placed on the GDP. Senator Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.) will preside.

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Testimony

Witness Panel 2

  • Dr. Robert H. Frank

    Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics
    Johnson Graduate School of Management
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  • Dr. Karen Davis

    President
    Commonwealth Fund
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  • Dr. Katherine Abraham

    Professor, Joint Program/Survey Methodology
    University of Maryland
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  • Mr. Jonathan Rowe

    Co-Director
    West Marin Commons
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