Why governments should prioritise well-being

In 2018, Scotland, Iceland and New Zealand established the network of Wellbeing Economy Governments to challenge the acceptance of GDP as the ultimate measure of a country’s success. In this 10 minute TED Talk – see video below – the…
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Iceland puts well-being ahead of GDP in budget

The BBC reports : “Iceland’s prime minister has urged governments to adopt green and family-friendly priorities, instead of just focusing on economic growth figures. Katrin Jakobsdottir has teamed up with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and New Zealand’s PM Jacinda Ardern to…
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A multidimensional understanding of prosperity and well-being at country level: Data-driven explorations

This research article , published in PLOS ONE (an international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online science publication), has been written by Mohsen Joshanloom, Veljko Jovanović and Tim Taylor. The abstract says: “Social scientists have been interested in measuring the prosperity, well-being, and quality of…
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The UK should stop obsessing over GDP. Wellbeing is more telling

Writing in The Guardian , Dan Button says: “This morning, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released the latest set of GDP figures. It is a familiar exercise common to most countries: a day when the broad state of an economy is judged according…
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New Zealand Government’s Wellbeing Budget

The people of New Zealand have now seen the first ever government budget to make national wellbeing the top priority: the 2019 Wellbeing Budget . Mental health has received the biggest funding and investment boost on record: NZ$1.9bn (£980m). This includes NZ$0.6bn for…
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International Forum for Wellbeing: Beyond GDP What Comes Next?

Florence Scialom, writing on the Network of Wellbeing’s website : “The International Forum for Wellbeing in Grenoble, France, in June 2018, brought together hundreds of researchers, activists, policy makers and citizens. The Forum aimed to provide a space to question the dominant narrative of economic growth at all…
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