you may want to have a look here: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:P2P_Accounting">http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:P2P_Accounting</a><br><br>and in particular: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Alternative_Measures_of_Human_Well-Being">http://p2pfoundation.net/Alternative_Measures_of_Human_Well-Being</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
What are the most suitable metrics to use for non financial use-value ?<div>Square meters of housing ( renovated or not ) per inhabitant ?</div><div>Access to infrastructure ? ...<br><div><br></div><div>In terms of use value, is our wealth increasing ?</div>
<div><br></div><div>In classical GDP figures, privatisation and speculation increase total figures... while potentially reducing quality of life for people for which such services or access to privatized infrastructure becomes too expensive.</div>
<div><br></div><div><b>Is there a website where we can see the evolution of "quality of live" based on non financial metrics ?</b></div><div><br></div><div>Example / Context :</div><div><br></div><div>What is the impact of speculation on housing</div>
<div>( some people or companies buying and reselling buildings, and making people who rent pay the cost of the loan )</div><div>on our net use value capacity ?</div><div><br></div><div>I personally witnessed in Brussels a reduction of living space compared to a certain percentage of income.</div>
<div>People who have not had the opportunity to have access to credit to buy a house,</div><div>end up giving a increased amount of their salary to rent.</div><div><br></div><div>In Belgium, and more specifically in Brussels,</div>
<div>in 2004 the selling price of houses and appartments nearly doubled ( in only that one year )</div><div><br></div><div>see figures :</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://statbel.fgov.be/fr/modules/publications/statistiques/economie/ventes_de_biens_immobiliers.jsp" target="_blank">http://statbel.fgov.be/fr/modules/publications/statistiques/economie/ventes_de_biens_immobiliers.jsp</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>data visualized in google graph :</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.google.com/publicdata/overview?ds=kafu20cbd2gp_" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/publicdata/overview?ds=kafu20cbd2gp_</a></div>
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Evolution of real estate prices in Belgium</div><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.statbel.fgov.be&sa=D&usg=AFQjCNH94WMiJ6elZsbbuyISu1PHbOJl_w" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">More info �</a></div>
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Data from�<a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.statbel.fgov.be&sa=D&usg=AFQjCNH94WMiJ6elZsbbuyISu1PHbOJl_w" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 204);" target="_blank">FPS Economy and Fedict</a></div>
<span>�-�</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Last updated: May 6, 2011</span></div></div><div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 5px;">
Data</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=kafu20cbd2gp_&ctype=l&strail=false&nselm=h&met_y=bungalowprice" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Price of a bungalow</a></div>
<div style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=kafu20cbd2gp_&ctype=l&strail=false&nselm=h&met_y=houseprice" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Price of a house</a></div>
<div style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=kafu20cbd2gp_&ctype=l&strail=false&nselm=h&met_y=aptprice" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Price of an appartment</a></div>
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