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Letter to the editor: Are indicators telling us the real story about progress?

Closing the Gap Between the Science and Politics of Progress: Science’s Greatest Challenge

verfasst von: Richard Eckersley

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 2/2019

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Global politics is based on an outmoded and increasingly destructive model of human progress and development. Can science change a dire situation?

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Titel: Letter to the editor: Are indicators telling us the real story about progress?
Closing the Gap Between the Science and Politics of Progress: Science’s Greatest Challenge
verfasst von: Richard Eckersley
Publikationsdatum: 01.02.2018
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-018-1843-1

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