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Nobel-winning e-conomist Joseph Stiglitz would like gross domestic product (GDP) to go the way of the pyramid inch and the Arabic mile. 诺贝尔获奖经济学家约瑟夫·斯蒂格利茨希望国内生产总值（GDP）像金字塔尺和阿拉伯里这些古代单位一样被淘汰。 “The world is facing three existential crises: a climate crisis, an inequality crisis and a crisis in democracy,” he writes. “Yet the accepted ways by which we measure economic performance give absolutely no hint that we might be facing a problem.” 他写道：“世界正面临三个生存危机：气候危机、不平等危机和民主危机。然而我们衡量经济表现的公认方法完全没有示意我们可能遇到了问题。” He’s right! In the United States, GDP is on the upswing, yet Los Angeles burns regularly, and the U.S. president faces impeachment. 他说得对！美国GDP增长迅速，但洛杉矶频繁起火，美国总统又面临弹劾。 The problem, he says, is that politicians see positive GDP figures and continue with the status quo. GDP gives no hint of environmental degradation or resource depletion, nor inequality, middle-class suffering, or lower standards of living. 他说问题就在于政治家们看到了积极的GDP数据，并继续保持现状。GDP并未表明环境恶化或资源枯竭，也没体现不平等、中产阶级的痛苦或生活水平的降低。 | 
