William Petty, the person who first proposed the measure of GDP, even warned against using GDP as a measure of prosperity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_

William Petty, the person who first proposed the measure of GDP, even warned against using GDP as a measure of prosperity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product#History