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Donkees

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7. RFK Speech: ''The GDP counts "everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.''

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Tue Aug 22, 2017, 08:24 AM

Aug 2017

Published on Sep 11, 2008
Forty years ago, Robert F. Kennedy challenged the basic way we measure progress and well-being in America. Today, the Glaser Progress Foundation is raising the same questions through a new medium. The Seattle-based foundation released a new web video marking the anniversary of a famous speech in which Kennedy said the Gross Domestic Product counts "everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile."

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Our Love for a True Leader in 1968 [View all] mobeau69 Aug 2017 OP

The sixties were brutal. Many dreams died. pfitz59 Aug 2017 #1

We turned the corner with Obama but then, sadly, we lost our way again. mobeau69 Aug 2017 #3

Indeed those are memories to cherish. ATL Ebony Aug 2017 #4

This has to be the most impressive post on the board Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #6

Come on DUers apkhgp Aug 2017 #2

I cry, still. raven mad Aug 2017 #5

RFK Speech: ''The GDP counts "everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.'' Donkees Aug 2017 #7