Yet the West still chases slavishly after ever-higher gross domestic product, a purely material measure that takesnoaccount of the blessings of nature or leisure.
He added that the list of laws takesnoaccount of differences between states in the specifics of laws and takesnoaccount of how hard states worked to enforce those laws.
He was one of about 300 public-school teachers laid off in Newark this year, and, like many cities across the country, the law said the last teachers hired had to be the first ones fired a method favored by teachers unions that takesnoaccount of a teacher's efforts, abilities or effectiveness.