英国“新经济学基金会”最近公布的一项报告指出,过去50年来,英国国内生产总值(GDP)增加快速,成绩斐然,但按“国内进步尺度(Measure of DomesticProgress,缩写为MDP)”的标准来衡量,英国的社会进步状况却在日益减弱,特别是过去30年来,处于完全停滞状态。导致出现这种情况的主要原因是,从20世纪60年代以来,GDP就已不再是一个衡量进步的好指标。但是,多年来英国的经济学家和政治家都对这种情况缺乏 A recent report published by the United Kingdom’s New Economics Foundation states that Britain’s gross domestic product has been growing rapidly and scoring phenomenally over the past 50 years. However, according to the Measure of Domestic Progress (abbreviated as MDP) ", the social progress in the UK is declining. Especially in the past 30 years, it has been at a complete standstill. The main reason for this is that GDP has ceased to be a good indicator of progress since the 1960s. However, this has been lacking for many years by British economists and politicians