Some methodological issues concerning the GPI for Quebec 2013

Après la publication du livre sur l’Indice de progrès véritable, j’ai jugé bon de situer le travail en termes méthodologiques. En particulier, j’ai cru bon de souligner les différentes hypothèses et les différentes approches indirectes utilisées dans son calcul. Le résultat est un texte produit en anglais qui cherche à faire le tour du sujet.

After the publication of my book L’indice de progrès véritable: Quand l’économie dépasse l’écologie, it struck me that it would be worthwhile to identify some of the methodological challenges involved in calculating this indicator. In particular, i decided it would be worthwhile to underscore the different hypotheses and the different indirect approaches (using proxies) which I used. The paper, « Some methodological issues concerning the GPI for Quebec », was written in English for submission to the journal Ecological Economics, which judged it inappropriate for publication because it did not follow the standard method providing the multitude of sources which were involved; my intent was not to provide a scholarly text, but an informative one…

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