Michael Green: What the Social Progress Index can reveal about your country
Michael Green: 社会进步指数可以告诉我们什么
Michael Green is part of the team that has created the Social Progress Index, a standard to rank societies based on how they meet the needs of citizens. Full bio
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everyone in this room today,
everyone on this planet.
he delivered was called
success of countries:
Gross Domestic Product,
总值,
the success of countries,
and shape our lives
dominate our lives.
struggling to respond.
know what was going on.
the U.S. economy
of the slump.
national income
bite in the world,
language of the economist.
economic performance.
of our well-being.
to all decision making.
GDP goes up.
are going up
are going down,
about fairness or justice.
of environmental disaster
to measure our societies,
things that matter to real people.
对人们真正重要的测量。
I'm not discriminated against?
prevented from environmental destruction?
we have the technology
掌握了这样的技术
unimaginable to Kuznets.
to the Social Progress Index.
社会进步指数。
well-being of society,
社会健康程度的工具。
of looking at the world.
the basic needs for survival:
to improve their lives:
and sustainable environment?
individual have access
most advanced knowledge?
how countries are performing.
a country spends on healthcare,
quality of people's lives.
pass laws against discrimination,
experience discrimination.
(Laughter)
(笑)
vertical axis social progress.
纵坐标是社会进步指数。
is GDP per capita.
social progress than Chad,
the countries of the world,
emerging economies,
pleased to say, is Brazil.
country with a lot of GDP
of social progress —
as some Western European countries,
a little cluttered
for more social progress,
we've seen over the last 20, 30 years,
20年,30年之内所见到的,
of the world's population
14,000 dollars a year.
want to go on social progress?
social progress from its GDP,
Progress Index does:
in people's lives.
nonprofit here in Brazil,
Imazon非营利组织的朋友一起,
Social Progress Index.
Europe, 24 million people,
两千四百万人口,
parts of the country.
business and civil society
people's lives,
precious global asset
直辖市的社会进步指数。
city or municipality.
sometimes talk about it,
God on tablets of stone. (Laughter)
invented in the 20th century
of the 20th century.
their economic contribution,
to social progress.
politicians to account
civil society, me, you —
century of social progress.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Michael Green - Social progress expertMichael Green is part of the team that has created the Social Progress Index, a standard to rank societies based on how they meet the needs of citizens.
Why you should listen
In his book Philanthrocapitalism (co-authored with Economist business editor Matthew Bishop), Michael Green defined a new model for social change built on partnerships between wealthy businesses, governments and community organizations. Shortly thereafter, Bishop floated the idea of a “Social Competiveness Index,” the idea that one day countries would compete with one another to be the most socially advanced, in the same way as they now compete to be economic top dog. Green loved it and decided to turn it into reality.
Teaming up with Avina's president Brizio Biondi-Morra, Sally Osberg of the Skoll Foundation and many other thought leaders from businesses and foundations, he began work on what would become the Social Progress Imperative, of which he's now CEO. Later they were joined by Harvard management guru Michael E. Porter, who became chairman of the SPI's advisory board. The first Social Progress Index was published in 2014.
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