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#50YearsLater: Have we made progress at measuring progress?
It has been 50 years since Robert Kennedy gave his memorable speech on the inadequacy of GDP as a measure of prosperity. Kennedy lambasted GDP for including ‘everything.. except that...
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Do you see things differently?
We do. We think the economy needs reprogramming, so that it values what really matters. March 18th marks 50 years since Bobby Kennedy made a famous speech spelling out the...
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Who’s thriving now?
For the past week or so, skimming the morning papers and listening to the news, I’ve been asking myself – who is thriving in the UK today? Is it Carillion...
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If Kennedy could change, so can the rest of us
On 5 June 1968 US Senator Robert Kennedy was shot in a Los Angeles hotel. Since his death RFK has been revered and romanticised as a rightful heir to the...
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Thriving Places Index report 2018
A trailblazing report, launched today, has unlocked a new system to measure the conditions which enable people and places to thrive. While experts across the globe continue to debate whether...
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Davos debates our ‘shared future’, but local action is starting to deliver
As the world's business and political leaders gather in Davos, Switzerland, for the final day of the annual World Economics Forum, it's worth reminding ourselves that this year's meeting convened...
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Just a numbers game? It doesn’t add up
If I were to walk down the street and ask people ‘what is the true purpose of economics?’ how would they answer? I’d put money on many of them giving...
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Bristol’s 2017 HappyList is here!
Here's Happy City's 5th Bristol HappyList - our small annual vote of thanks to a roughly representative group of the kind of people here who just can't help making the...
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Celebrating Brighton’s brightest
This week, we celebrate 39 people from Brighton for their work increasing the happiness of others around them. Brighton’s 2017 HappyList includes people from all walks of life, whose care for...
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The morality of taxation
If we want to truly flourish as a community, do we need to rethink the idea that governments are taking 'our' money when they tax us? It can often be...
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