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New Measures of Progress

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GPI 2.0: States and Cities Can Lead the Way Beyond GDP

January 22, 2018July 5, 2017 by John Talberth

In a new study authored by Dr. John Talberth and Michael Weisdorf of Portland State University, CSE has demonstrated a new methodology for the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) that promises to accelerate its adoption by … Read more

Categories New Measures of Progress, Research & Analysis

Baltimore’s Stormwater Management Plan Will Generate Significant Social and Economic Returns

January 22, 2018January 29, 2015 by John Talberth

In December 2014 the City of Baltimore released an ambitious management plan for reducing stormwater pollution from nearly 24,000 acres of pavement within City limits. Nitrogen, phosphorous, and sediments contained in this stormwater are responsible … Read more

Categories Green Infrastructure, New Measures of Progress, Research & Analysis

The Economic Benefits of Baltimore’s Climate Action Plan

January 22, 2018October 2, 2014 by John Talberth

All too often we hear how climate action will put a drag on economic growth. But in a new analysis of Baltimore’s Climate Action Plan (CAP), Center for Sustainable Economy demonstrates just how wrong that … Read more

Categories Climate Justice, New Measures of Progress, Research & Analysis
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Baltimore’s Genuine Progress Indicator Shows Healthy Economic Growth

January 22, 2018September 15, 2014 by John Talberth

In the first city-level analysis of its kind in Maryland, the Center for Sustainable Economy (CSE) found Baltimore’s economy well on the way to economic recovery taking into account social and environmental costs as well … Read more

Categories New Measures of Progress, Research & Analysis

Maryland’s Minimum Wage a Big Boost for Genuine Progress

January 22, 2018June 12, 2014 by John Talberth

Raising the minimum wage is a big win for workers, communities, and business. Decades of experience with state-level wage increases bears this out well, but often this reality is drowned out by the clamor of … Read more

Categories Advocacy, New Measures of Progress

Reviving Dormant Ethnobotany

January 22, 2018December 16, 2013 by Susan Leopold

For the vast majority of human evolution ethnobotanical knowledge has been an essential component of human capital relied upon for nutritionally balanced, stable, and locally adapted supplies of foods and medicines from wild plant sources. … Read more

Categories New Measures of Progress, Research & Analysis

Closing the Inequality Divide in Maryland

February 1, 2018December 16, 2013 by Daphne Wysham

Most Americans didn’t see it coming. Back at the end of 2004, our nation’s leading economic indicator, the Gross Domestic Product, was soaring along at a robust rate of over 4 percent per year. The … Read more

Categories New Measures of Progress, Research & Analysis

San Jose State University’s Ecological Footprint Challenge

February 1, 2018June 4, 2013 by John Talberth

For San Jose State University, CSE developed a customized on-line footprint calculator for students, faculty and staff as well as a competition for the lowest footprint score and greatest footprint reduction. Participants will take a … Read more

Categories New Measures of Progress

A New Bottom Line for Progress

February 1, 2018June 4, 2013 by John Talberth

CSE President John Talberth prepared Chapter 2 in Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World 2008. The Chapter, entitled “A New Bottom Line for Progress,” calls for a new set of economic indicators that measure progress … Read more

Categories New Measures of Progress, Research & Analysis

International Program on Genuine Progress Accounts

February 1, 2018June 4, 2013 by John Talberth

At the recent Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20) member states of the United Nations System called for new indicators of progress to complement or replace GDP. This echoes over two decades … Read more

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