This chapter considers various steps in the use of alternatives to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a prosperity indicator (i.e., "beyond-GDP" measurement), ranging from the "indicators fantasy" - the idea that simply producing alternative indicators is sufficient to generate substantially...

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...