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Robert F. Kennedy challenges Gross Domestic Product

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What it is

A short video of Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 speech criticizing Gross Domestic Product as a measure of progress, saying it counts everything except what makes life worthwhile.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Quoted in economics threads about growth, work and basic income as a classic critique of GDP.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “the best way to acknowledge that is to watch this speech from Robert F Kennedy”

    Kennedy speech on how growth is measured

    lcam84, 2020-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Can We Have Prosperity Without Growth?”

  2. “I can't say it better than Kennedy”

    Kennedy on GDP's limits as a measure

    pqh, 2017-11 · Recommendation · in “A basic income could boost the US economy by $2.5 trillion”

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Topics: gdp, robert kennedy, economic measurement, well-being, speech

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