Alternatives to GDP are more urgent than ever. Read MERGE’s last newsletter of 2025 below.
The debate on what societies compete for is intensifying as we approach the year’s end. In this edition of our newsletter, we analyse the consensus found in a recent Nature editorial on alternatives to GDP and report on the global momentum from the UN World Summit for Social Development in Doha. Closer to home, our dialogue with EU officials confirms that policymakers are ready to move from abstract concepts to concrete tools, a shift supported by the Joint Research Centre’s new multidimensional dashboard.
As MERGE enters its final year in 2026, we are focused on translating frameworks into practice. We invite you to read the full newsletter below and join our upcoming online policy labs, starting in January with a session on public procurement. We also highlight the final conference of our sibling projects, ToBe and SPES, as we collectively map pathways for reorienting the European economy.
