Congressional Testimony
Rethinking the Gross Domestic Product as a Measurement of National Strength (March 12, 2008)
Testimony before the Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
Senator Byron Dorgan, presiding
Testimony of Witnesses
- J. Steven Landefeld, Director Bureau of Economic Analysis (PDF • 20KB)
- Katherine Abraham, Professor, Joint Program on Survey Methodology, University of Maryland (PDF • 38KB)
- Karen Davis, President, Commonwealth Fund (PDF • 344KB)
- Robert. H Frank, Professor, Johnson Graduate School of Management (PDF • 19KB)
- Jonathan Rowe, Co-Director, West Marin Commons (PDF • 64KB)
- View archive webcast of the hearing (RealMedia - requires RealPlayer)
Measuring Economic Change (July 24, 2002)
Testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States
Opening Statements
- Congressman Jim Saxton, Chairman, Joint Economic Committee (PDF • 102KB)
- Senator Jack Reed, Vice Chairman, Joint Economic Committee (PDF • 45KB)
Testimony of Witnesses
- Honorable Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce (PDF • 111KB)
- William D. Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics, Yale University and Chairman, Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee (PDF • 226KB)
Is the GDP Accurately Measuring the U.S. Economy? (April 5, 2001)
Testimony before the Subcommittee on the Census Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives
Opening Statements
- Dan Miller, Chairman, Subcommittee on the Census (PDF • 7KB)
Testimony of Witnesses
- J. Steven Landefeld, Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis (PDF • 29KB)
- Frederick T. Knickerbocker, Associate Director for Economic Programs, Bureau of the Census (PDF • 13KB)
- Richard B. Berner, President, National Association for Business Economics and Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist, Morgan Stanley Inc. (PDF • 11KB)
- Diane C. Swonk, Senior Vice President Chief Economist, Bank One Corporation, and Past President of the National Association for Business Economics (PDF • 12KB)
- Gordon R. Richards, National Association of Manufacturers (PDF • 17KB)
- Ernst R. Berndt, Alfred B. Seley Professor of Applied Economics, MIT Sloan School of Management, and Director, National Bureau of Economic Research Program on Technological Progress and Productivity Measurement (PDF • 13KB)
- Robert Dennis, Assistant Director, Macroeconomic Analysis Division, Congressional Budget Office (PDF • 84KB)
