Bill Wilson MSP

1. GDP “fetish” must go – MSP applauds French adoption of better measure of sustainable economy.
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Dr Bill Wilson, an SNP MSP for the West of Scotland who has often spoken of the dangers of relying on GDP as measure of progress, has praised the French president for not only setting up a commission

2. Increased GDP, reduced satisfaction
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...s Committee, has supported a statement by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations criticising GDP’s inadequacies as a measure of economic progress and suggesting that the global recessi...

3. Economies for people, not people for economies!
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...P for the West of Scotland, has reiterated his call for the Scottish Government to use alternatives to GDP for assessing sustainable growth.   In a recent question to the Cabinet Secretary for Fi...

4. “Environmental disasters and more prisoners counted as positive!”
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Sustainable development and GDP as major measure of progress incompatible, says MSP:  “Environmental disasters and more prisoners counted as positive!”   Dr Bill Wilson, SNP MSP

5. Economic growth, as measured by GDP, unsustainable, say MSP and RSPB.
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Dr Bill Wilson, SNP MSP for the West of Scotland, yesterday lodged a motion criticising the use of GDP as a measure of economic growth.   peaking today, he said, “As the 18 October 2008 iss

6. SNP MSP TALKS TOUGH ON UK ECONOMIC DIVIDE
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...out incorporating measures of equality and environmental sustainability, forever chasing an increasing GDP and worshipping competition and the market, is immoral madness.   Venezuela “I urg...

7. Cooperation, Not Confrontation! — MSP Meets Venezuelan Embassy First Secretary
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...ve said before, I think Scotland could benefit from closer ties with Venezuela.  Despite our high GDP we have a shockingly high level of poverty — particularly child poverty — and cou...