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Jimmy Carter: “It is not enough to measure a nation's product in our gross national financial product, but we should think about the…”

On the recordFebruary 20, 1977
It is not enough to measure a nation's product in our gross national financial product, but we should think about the outcome and the output of our Nation on the basis of a net human benefit.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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