Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the corresponding national accounting framework, are frequently used by businesses, both directly and indirectly when making short and long-term business decisions. This document aims to investigate how businesses, adopting either a classic or stakeholder approach to business, measure the economy in which they operate, with particular focus on the value and influence of GDP. Using a business perspective, the suitability of GDP as a window into the macro-economy is explored, from how GDP is calculated, how businesses and individuals regard GDP, and how GDP is...

On the Blue Ridge Line is a collection of country-folk-blues lyrics, as well as an exploration of the creative process, in prose. Some of the lyrics are romantic, some focus on nature, and a number touch on social justice issues, including the experience of poverty and homelessness. The exposition regarding creative process is grounded in Eastern philosophy and humanistic psychology. This work is informed by the author's work as a community and school counselor, his background as a poet, essayist, and singer-songwriter, as well as his experience as a civil rights worker and advocate for the...