Editing Genuine progress indicator (section)

==Criticism==
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GPI considers some types of production to have a negative impact upon being able to continue some types of production. GDP measures the entirety of production at a given time. GDP is relatively straightforward to measure compared to GPI. Competing measures like GPI define well-being, which are arguably impossible to define. Therefore, opponents of GPI claim that GPI cannot function to measure the goals of a diverse, plural society. Supporters of GDP as a measure of societal well-being claim that competing measures such as GPI are more vulnerable to political manipulation.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goossens|first1=Yanne|title=Alternative progress indicators to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a means towards sustainable development|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2007/385672/IPOL-ENVI_ET(2007)385672_EN.pdf|website=European Parliament|publisher=Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (EVNI)|access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref>

Finnish economists Mika Maliranta and Niku Määttänen write that the problem of alternative development indexes is their attempt to combine things that are incommensurable. It is hard to say what they exactly indicate and difficult to make decisions based on them. They can be compared to an indicator that shows the mean of a car's velocity and the amount of fuel left.

They add that it indeed seems as if the economy has to grow in order for the people to even remain as happy as they are at present. In Japan, for example, the degree of happiness expressed by the citizens in polls has been declining since the early 1990s, the period when Japan's economic growth stagnated.<ref name=mm>"Politiikanteon ohjaamiseen ei tarvita 'onnellisuusmittareita'", professor Mika Maliranta and research manager Niku Määttänen, [[Helsingin Sanomat]] 2011-02-06, page C6</ref>