Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Further Indicators (Communication)

The social and environmental indicators proposed by the Commission have severe deficits – as they have to cover different issues the values of different measure units must be arbitrarily summarised in one single figure. Moreover, it is dangerous that such indicators might be abused to serve certain interests. The proposed social indicators create the impression that policy-makers would be directly responsible for the citizens’ well-being. Last but not least, the practical benefits of environmental indicators are not evident.