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Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Since then, stocks have soared — but the net worth of the typical household is still about 20 percent below where it was when the financial crisis began. The gross domestic product is now substantially higher than it was — but most Americans’ incomes have barely budged. And the unemployment rate has fallen below 4 percent — but that’s ignoring many Americans who have simply given up looking for work.

Has the country recovered from the financial crisis? No, clearly not. Many of our most prominent indicators have recovered. But most American families have not.

I think that means we need a new set of economic indicators. Some other people — including academics, policy experts and at least two members of the United States Senate — agree. In this weekend’s Sunday Review, I make the case for an overhaul of our economic metrics. You can read the piece online now.