La croissance économique, celle du PIB, reste le principal critère de performance des nations, mais c'est un critère de plus en plus contesté. Les auteurs dressent un bilan de cette contestation, mais présentent surtout de nouveaux indicateurs, fondés sur des visions alternatives de la "...

Inflation should no longer be a politically sensitive indicator. Indeed, since the early 1980s, macroeconomic policies have managed to contain it. Yet the consumer price index (CPI), which is the main indicator for measuring inflation, remains very frequently consulted by citizens, due to its...

This chapter trains a spotlight on a hybrid collective made up of academics and activists involved in the development of new indicators of wealth, known in French as the Forum pour d’Autres Indicateurs de Richesse (FAIR). Some ten or so authors of studies critical of growth published in the...

Introduction -- 1.What is a Price Index - Statistical Approach -- 2. A Political Economy of the Price Index, 1913-1990 -- 3. The European Turning Point -- 4. The Quality Effect -- 5. From Consumer Prices to the 'Cost of Living' -- 6. The Reform of “Checkout Data” -- 7. Under or...