From Gdp to Sustainable Wellbeing: Changing Statistics or Changing Lives?

by David J. Hand and Paul Allin

This book is about the function and use of official statistics. It welcomes the aspiration for official statistics to be an indispensable element in the information system of a democratic society, serving the government, the economy and the public with data about the economic, demographic, social and environmental situation. The book identifies the political role of official statisticians, who decided what gets measured as well as how it is measured...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030530841
• ISBN13: 9783030530846
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"