BRAVE NEW MATH: Information, Globalization, and New Economic Thinking in the 21st Century

by Peter Marber

Amid globalization, traditional economic measures like Gross Domestic Product, unemployment, and stock markets leave us with a distorted worldview - and a shaky foundation for policy decisions. In the Information Age, aren't there better indicators to manage our country's well-being? In Brave New Math , based on his thought-provoking 2012 article for the World Policy Journal , Peter Marber attacks conventional wisdom and recommends new metrics and policies to promote broader prosperity in the 21st century.            
"Part Moneyball , part Freakonomics ,   Brave New Math asks us to rethink the economic statistics and policies that have guided us for so long."- Michele Wucker, President, World Policy Institute (from the Foreword)______________________________"An original take on our current malaise with thoughtful recommendations on how to align policies to our new 21st century realities. A must read."- Moises Naim, Carnegie Endowment and author of The End of Power ______________________________ "A bold call for new data and a new dialogue in guiding American policies."- Tyler Cowen

174 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012