The economic indicators that surround us are familiar, as are the criticisms they attract. The consumer prices index doesn’t fully capture the boon of new products; unemployment figures do not count workers who have given up the job hunt in despair; gross domestic product (GDP) includes bad things if they have a market price, and excludes good things if they don’t.
我們熟悉身邊的種種經濟指標,也熟悉它們所招致的各種批評。居民消費價格指數(CPI)並不能完全反映新產品帶來的好處;失業率數據並不統計那些因絕望已放棄找工作的人;國內生產毛額(GDP)會包括那些有市場價的糟糕事物,而不包括那些沒有市場價的好東西。
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