When running for president in 1968, Robert Kennedy took aim at US economic statistics. Gross national product, he said, counted pollution, cigarette advertising, locks on doors and the destruction of forests among a long list of social evils. It failed to measure important things in society such as the joy of poetry or the strength of marriages. “It measures everything . . . except that which makes life worthwhile and it can tell everything about America except why we are proud we are Americans,” he said.
羅伯特•甘迺迪(Robert Kennedy) 1968年競選美國總統時，把矛頭對準了美國經濟數據。他說，國內生產毛額(GDP)計入了汙染、香菸廣告、門鎖和破壞森林等一系列社會罪惡，卻沒有計入社會中那些重要的事情，比如詩歌的優美或婚姻的穩固。甘迺迪說：「它衡量了一切……除了那些讓生活值得過的東西；它能告訴我們有關美國的一切，除了我們爲何要爲自己是美國人而驕傲。」
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