Robert C. Solomon's scientific contributions
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... Some observers, like Pinker (2011) and Norberg (2016), claimed that both individual and collective well-being have steadily improved for centuries while others, including Jacobs (2004) and Wright (2004), argued that human behavior must be radically changed for nations to avoid moral decay, social disintegration, and environmental catastrophe. Although The Mismeasure of Progress largely focuses only on economic growth, Stephen Macekura's reflections and claims should be viewed through the lens of the wider literature on human progress (Nisbet, 1980). Chapter 1 of this book summarizes the earliest attempts to measure national accounts, highlighting the efforts of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and then, decades later, the work of Simon Kuznets in the United States and Colin Clark in the United Kingdom, along with their associates, during the late 1930s and early 1940s. ...
