SOCIAL CHALLENGES TO ECONOMIC ACCOUNTING AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES TO SOCIAL ACCOUNTING

摘要: The question addressed in this paper is: Why can't we have a good measuring rod of the economic and social performance our society? answers are basically positive but lie mostly direction (1) avoiding simplistic solutions such as turning national income accounts into measure welfare (2) providing elements an information strategy to obtain or more accurately set measures. The proposed highlights five activities: presentation analysis outcomes, activity which is analogous broader than “social indicators”; accounting includes accounting, demographic time-use accounting; (3) model building operation which, unlike concerned with behavioral causal relationships used explain project outcomes; (4) hypothesis testing develop new insights behavior; finally (5) maintenance data base required for carrying on aforementioned four activities.