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October 2009
- October 5th 2009
- AHDP’s Co-Director Sarah Burd-Sharps and British health expert Richard Wilkinson discuss the deficiencies of the GDP as an indicator of well-being with callers on “Your Call” Radio.
- October 5th 2009
- In The Huffington Post, AHDP Co-Directors Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis explain what the G-20 failed to recognize: that GDP alone is a poor measure of societal success.
September 2009
- September 18th 2009
- CBS affiliate WWL-TV Channel carries story on SSRC’s A Portrait of Louisiana, leads with stats on life expectancy for African Americans in New Orleans.
- September 14th 2009
- Sarah Burd-Sharps, co-director of the American Human Development Project, contributes to Marketplace radio show’s coverage of French President Sarkozy and his statement about the limitations of GDP as a measure of well-being.
- September 11th 2009
- SSRC’s American Human Development Project announces the release of A Portrait of Louisiana, available Sept 17.
May 2009
- May 28th 2009
- Program directors Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis guest blog on NYT’s Economix about importance of measuring human development within America.
- May 18th 2009
- “We Can Pay for Education Today–Or Prisons Tomorrow”: the very first Huffington Post blog entry by program directors Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis.
- May 13th 2009
- Article about the Common Good Forecaster, new tool of the American Human Development Report, appears in USA Today.
April 2009
- April 22nd 2009
- SSRC’s Measure of America findings cited in Wilson Quarterly essay “Can America Fail?”
January 2009
- January 27th 2009
- Measure of America co-author Kristen Lewis interviewed on WBAI’s “Talkbalk”
- January 9th 2009
- Measure of America is The Globalist’s #1 on “Favorite Books of 2008” list
December 2008
November 2008
- November 25th 2008
- Boston Globe editorial highlights the healthcare findings in The Measure of America
July 2008
- July 18th 2008
- Five Subway Stops, A Half-Century Difference
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