“…Our new metric is labelled GDP-B, as it captures the benefits associated with new and 5 Among others, see, for example, Gordon (2016) and Cowen (2011) giving a pessimistic view and Sichel (2016), Mokyr, Vickers and Ziebarth (2015) and McAfee (2011, 2014) giving a more optimistic view. 6 Among others, see, for example, Feldstein (2017), Groshen et al (2017), Hulten and Nakamura (2017), Syverson (2017), Ahmad and Schreyer (2016), Byrne, Fernald and Reinsdorf (2016), Brynjolfsson and Saunders (2009), Brynjolfsson and Oh (2012), Greenstein and McDevitt (2011), Brynjolfsson, Eggers and Gannamaneni (2018) and Brynjolfsson, Collis and Eggers (2019). 7 See Hicks (1940), Diewert (1980), Hausman (1981Hausman ( , 1996, Feenstra (1994), Diewert, Fox and Schreyer (2018), and Diewert and Feenstra (2017).…”