A presentation by Mr Stewart Wallis, head of New Economic Foundation, held at a seminar with think tank Global Utmaning and the Swedish green party, February 22nd 2012.

1. Beyond GDP Need for a Great Transition Stewart Wallis Executive Director nef (the new economics foundation) Email: [email_address] Web: www.neweconomics.org

4. Goal of a good economy Achieve high well-being and social justice within fair ecological limits

5. Need for a Great Transition

7. “ What gets measured gets done”

8. The Gross National Product measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile.” Robert Kennedy 18th March 1968 “

9. Relying on GDP alone would be like driving a car only looking at the speedometer…

10. But other indicators are necessary to assess the success of a policy.

11. Goal of a good economy Achieve high well-being and social justice within fair ecological limits

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17. To those who say that all this sounds like a distraction from the serious business of government, I would say that finding out what will really improve lives and acting on it is actually the serious business of government .” UK Prime Minister David Cameron, 2010 “

20. Framework for measuring societal progress

21. Happy life years and ecological footprint for 143 countries USA

23. STEWART WALLIS nef (the new economics foundation) www.neweconomics.org