FSinsight - Partha Dasgupta: Measuring wealth "Beyond GDP"

Indicators such as GDP and the Human Development Index are insufficient to measure true wealth, according to Sir Partha Dasgupta. In this video, the professor of Economics (University of Cambridge) talks about the Inclusive Wealth Report 2012 of which he was a key contributor. The report is a joint initiative of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP). It is the first actual attempt to measure the total wealth of nations -- including forms of wealth not generally accounted for, such as natural and human capital. l.fsinsight.org...