Greetings, 
 
A recent group has arisen, calling itself "Redefining Progress," and has  
developed a critique of GDP as a standard measure of economic well-being.   
Granted, this is less broad than societal well-being, but the point is 
still  
valid. 
 
Their address is: 
 
One Kearny Street 
4th Floor 
San Francisco, CA  94104 
 
Phone # 415 781 1191 
 
This is as of last September.  Last November, I believe, there was an 
article  
on the topic, from the organization, in _Atlantic Monthly_.  It was fairly  
readable, and could even serve as useful background to almost any  
macroeconomics course, whether for the general public or not.  You should 
be  
able to get some interesting material from the article or from the group  
itself. 
 
BTW,  it might be interesting to see the course outline when it is done.   
Could it be posted someplace, or offered by email? 
John Dodge 
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