[1] Heilbronner, Robert, The Worldly Philosophers, pp 47-49.
[2] Kuznets' development of the GNP is described in the article "If the GDP is up, why is America Down?" by Clifford Cobb, Ted Halstead and Jonathan Rowe, on pages 59 to 87 of the Oct/95, Atlantic Monthly. Kuznets is mentioned on pages 62 and 67.
[3] Kuznets, Simon, "How to Judge Quality" New Republic, Oct 20/62, p 69.
[4] Leontiev, Wassily, letter, Science, vol 217, July 9/82, pp 104-105.
[5] quoted in by Herman Daly and John Cobb Jr, in For the Common Good, p 31.
[6] The main difference between the GNP and GDP is that while GNP counts the transactions of companies owned by a nation, GDP counts the transactions of companies located in a nation. If an American company owns a mine in Canada, for example, the mine would contribute to the American GNP and the Canadian GDP.
[7] Passell, Peter, "Trade Center Blast providing economic lift, experts find, New York Times, Apr 8/93, p 1 col 2.
[8] Mittelstaedt, Martin, Green GNP, environmental disaster as fiscal blessing, The Globe and Mail, Mar 30/91, p D10.
[9] Dubrowski, Jerry "Exxon says crude oil spill a windfall for Alaska, The Globe and Mail, May 9/91, p B1.
] Lush, Patricia "Report on the environment -- how an oil spill can come out looking good", The Globe and Mail, June 8/93, p B19.
[10] Jenish, D'Arcy, "Locked up for Life" Maclean's, Nov 13/95, p 68.
see also Watson, Russel, "Sex, death and videotape, Canada, the murder of the year, Newsweek May 29/95, p 53.
[11] Whitehead, Alfred North, Science and the Modern World First Free Press Paperback edition, The Free Press, New York, 1967, p 51.