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 [log in to unmask]