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July 14, 2006
Global report on happiness
Have a look at this link:http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1173235.ece
The premise that an economy (or a business within that economy) has to grow constantly to 'be successful' has seemed odd to me for a long time. Why do we measure success of a nation by the growth in GDP it generates?
I'll have to check in my copy of Jared Diamond's book, Collapse to see if Vanuatu is one of the sustainable Pacific Island societies that he cites (in contrast to the self-inflicted disasters on Easter Island, Pitcairn Island and others.)
Posted by aquacura.com at July 14, 2006 09:46 AM
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Nice blog. Have you heard about Bhutan's idea to measure its success in Gross National Happiness instead?
Posted by: Red Jenny at July 20, 2006 04:12 PM