Economic system gross national product

Economics alone make this probable, for the present industrial applications of integrated circuitry and solid state electronics derived from the original transistor and solid state science now contribute 100 billions per year to the gross national product directly. Further, many elements of our national security depend on the use of these communication and information processing systems in every phase of command, control and weaponry. 

Various metrics within each of the three dimensions of sustainability have long been well developed and used. Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, literacy and poverty rates, and ambient concentration of urban air pollutants are some examples of economic, social, and environmental metrics employed at the national level. In businesses, financial metrics such as return on investment as well as certain metrics that reflect employee well-being and environmental performance, such as health and safety incident rates and regulated toxic releases, are also conventionally used. Sustainable development, however, requires further cross-functional integration of these metrics as well as the inclusion of additional metrics that facilitate more systemic and comprehensive multidisciplinary communication and thinking. 

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