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Every pilot knows the importance of flying with a compass: without one, they would be in danger of straying far from course. No wonder that modern airplane cockpits are equipped with an array of dials and indicators— from compass and fuel gauge to altimeter and speedometer. Pity, then, that economic policymakers have used nothing close to that for charting the course of the whole economy.
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Raworth, K. (2013). Defining a Safe and Just Space for Humanity. In: State of the World 2013. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-458-1_3
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