Gross domestic product is what is often used as a default indicator of a nation’s success.  This is a reliable and standard measure of a certain type of proxy for a limited type of health.  But what are the real implications for children in using this proxy?  Lately, economists are working on developing something better.  Justing Fox looks at the current progress in his blog.

Robert F. Kennedy made the point during his 1968 campaign;” When one moves beyond short-term ups and downs, though, things get more complicated. “Our gross national product…counts air pollution and cigarette advertising and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage, It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for the people who break them. It counts the destruction of the redwood and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl.…Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play.”