Should raising the growth rate of GDP per capita be a policy goal of governments in general, and of the British … government in particular? Many people would say no, for the following reasons: 1) GDP is hopelessly flawed as a measure of … welfare; 2) Growing GDP is pointless since most people don’t benefit; 3) Raising GDP per capita is pointless as it doesn …

poverty. We use panel data on almost 54,000 individuals living in Germany from 1985 to 2012 to show first that life …

decline in real GDP in recent years were overly optimistic. The same entities predict that real GDP will fall by 4 …