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Tuesday 27 February 2018, 6:30pm - 7:45pm Location Lecture Theatre A - University Place, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL What's wrong with GDP as a measure of progress, and how do we fix it? Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, is the nation's headline economic indicator, and often used shorthand as a measure of progress. But GDP has been criticised for many things - not taking environmental degradation, household work or inequality into account. Some also argue that GDP is struggling to capture the more intangible 'Google' economy that we now inhabit. Can GDP be improved to make it a better measure of national progress? Or do we need to get rid of it entirely and replace with something else? This joint public event run by the Royal Statistical Society and the University of Manchester brings together a leading panel of experts to discuss these questions: - Professor Diane Coyle (Professor of Economics at The University of Manchester) - Professor Jonathan Haskel (Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School) - David Pilling (Africa editor of the Financial Times and author of the new book 'The Growth Delusion') - Claudia Wells (Assistant Director at the Office for National Statistics) - Hetan Shah (Executive Director of the Royal Statistical Society) (Chair) Please register using this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whats-wrong-with-gdp-as-a-measure-of-progress-and-how-do-we-fix-it-tickets-41312207926<http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whats-wrong-with-gdp-as-a-measure-of-progress-and-how-do-we-fix-it-tickets-41312207926> This public event will be preceded by a technical workshop: 'How can we improve the way we measure GDP in official statistics' For more details visit: https://www.statslife.org.uk/events/events-calendar/eventdetail/1061/-/how-can-we-improve-the-way-we-measure-gdp-in-official-statistics-technical-workshop Paul Gentry Conferences & Events Manager The Royal Statistical Society 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX Direct dial: (44) 020 7614 3918 www.rss.org.uk<http://www.rss.org.uk/> The RSS is a registered charity No. 306096 RSS 2018 Conference will take place in Cardiff, 3-6 September. More information at www.rss.org.uk/conference2018<http://www.rss.org.uk/conference2018> You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.