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The Doughnut of Prosperity and Comrade Guterres’ War on Capitalism
3 days ago David Middleton
Guest “Let’s end poverty by redefining prosperity!” by David Middleton
Anything proposed by UN Secretary General Guterres and endorsed by the Nature editorial board should be ignored with extreme prejudice!
EDITORIAL
01 October 2025
End GDP mania: how the world should really measure prosperity
The obsession with economic output as a measure of human development puts sustainability on the back burner. Researchers can now help to devise better indicators.
Last week’s United Nations General Assembly, held in New York City, generated no shortage of headlines. But one notable policy initiative from the world body was not discussed by world leaders when it should have been. UN secretary-general António Guterres has put together a high-level group of specialists to propose new indicators for human and planetary prosperity that go ‘Beyond GDP’.
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Guterres’ project is called Beyond GDP because of the necessity of getting past the world’s go-to indicator of economic progress: gross domestic product (GDP).
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/03/the-doughnut-of-prosperity-and-comrade-guterres-war-on-capitalism/
