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...Marks, the key shift introduced by the HPI is its "move away from measuring production and toward measuring consumption. The HPI serves as a signpost pointing more toward a society we want to live in - the delivery of good lives rather than the delivery of more goods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is GDP An Obsolete Measure of Progress? | 1/30/2010 | See Source »

...Boston Globe Guide to Boston,” “Phantom Gourmet Guide to Boston’s Best Restaurants,” “Frommer’s Irreverent Guide to Boston,” and in “Signpost Guide New England.” It is also mentioned in “The Complete Idiot’s Travel Guide to Boston.” And I had never been before last week...

Author: By Emily C. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Detour in Harvard Square | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

...latest signpost in the U.S. job market's descent arrived on Friday, when the Department of Labor announced that the non-farm payrolls shed an unexpectedly high 240,000 jobs in October, the tenth straight monthly decline, and yet another sign that the recession's grip is tightening. Overall, the unemployment rate surged to 6.5%, higher than most economists had been expecting. The report added to that gloom with a downward revision of September job losses to 284,000, the biggest monthly loss since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Few Bright Spots Amid Rising Unemployment | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

You’ve seen the posters staring down at you from nearly every signpost on campus. You’ve noticed the Facebook ads prominently displayed next to your ex-girlfriend’s latest photo album. The Alpha Delta Phi Literary Society—whatever that is—is apparently coming back to Harvard after a 100-year hiatus. Though the poster lists only a phone number and an e-mail address for prospective members to declare their interest, FM did some sleuthing to find out some more information. According...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Alpha Delta Phi “Literary Society” Is Actually Just a Frat | 10/1/2008 | See Source »

...term goal. (Canada and Japan are original signatories to the Kyoto Protocol - unlike the U.S. and Australia - but both have drifted away from the European nations on climate change in recent years.) That's a disappointment, not just because of the missed opportunity to engage developing nations. Without the signpost of a medium-term target, a vague promise to cut emissions more than four decades from now is unlikely to unleash the kind of economy-changing investments needed to truly combat climate change. "It says nothing specific about what the developed countries will do between now and 2020, and says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Green Let-Down at the G-8 Summit | 7/8/2008 | See Source »

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