GDP might show a big pop on Wednesday, but not because the U.S. economy has gotten much better. It hasn’t. Here’s how to scope out the second-quarter report on gross domestic product, the official ...

GDP is a worthless calculation. It goes down as imports increase, it goes up as government spending does, and it increases not due to productivity, but if production of any kind has happened. In other ...

There's one statistic that rules them all when it comes to keeping track of the economy: gross domestic product (GDP). It's the sum of all final... Can we just change how we measure GDP? There's one ...

The world needs to move towards an approach to measure well-being rather than economic growth. Here’s how that can happen. Gross domestic product (GDP) was never designed to be a measure of societal ...

The UK’s latest gross domestic product (GDP) figures are set to be released on Friday, providing yet another indication about the direction of the economy. At 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, the Office for ...

Figures for the level and rate of growth of gross domestic product (GDP) are quoted ubiquitously, including in this magazine. They are widely agreed to tell us something of importance. But there is a ...