The standard measures of nominal capital formation show the United States investing a proportion of GDP much lower than those of other developed countries throughout the last 25 years and falling further behind over time. In contrast, measures we have calculated in real terms across countries...

Most examinations of United States domestic antipoverty policy are inherently parochial, for they are based on the experiences of only our nation in isolation from the others. However, cross-national comparisons can also teach lessons about antipoverty policy. While all nations value low...

This paper suggests that important improvements in the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) can be made by including government provisions of health care and education, and by directly calculating the contribution of natural resources and leisure, and adjusting for inequality, using a global norm...