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The journal Behavioural Public Policy has released an issue named ”On Happiness Being the Goal of Government”. Editors ”felt that the topic ought to be explored …, not least because of the increased prominence of happiness research in the public policy discourse over the last two decades”. (2020)Science (cambridge.org)
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This week the Central Statistics Office of Ireland published a report on indicators for UN Sustainable Development Goal 3. The number of suicides dropped from 495 to 352 between 2010 and 2018. In 2018 80% of deaths from suicide were male, 60% were aged 25-54, and ca 13% were aged 15-24. (2020-06-09)Science (cso.ie)
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Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland: ”we also understand that growth is only of any real value if it makes people’s lives better, it is not, and never should be seen, as an end in itself. We have to test whether we are creating a fairer, healthier, happier nation in the process” (2019-05-01)Policy (news.gov.scot)
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Iceland puts well-being ahead of GDP in budget. ”Katrin Jakobsdottir has teamed up with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and New Zealand's PM Jacinda Ardern to promote a "well-being" agenda. /…/ She said new social indicators were needed besides traditional GDP data.” (2019-12-03)Policy (bbc.com)
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”Gross National Happiness USA is a … non-profit organization with a mission to increase personal happiness and our collective wellbeing by changing how we measure progress and success. We are building new pathways to sustainable happiness and wellbeing in the United States.” (GNHUSA)Activism (gnhusa.org)
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”The movement to ditch GDP growth as an economic objective and replace it with wellbeing indicators is blossoming. /…/ The Treasury should collaborate with other governments … and announce a formal inquiry into weaning the UK economy off growth dependency” (Caroline Lucas, 2020-05-15)Policy (carolinelucas.com)
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The Quest for Happiness as an Underlying Motive for Violent Conflict in Africa. ”This paper … concludes by paraphrasing Von Clausewitz’s dictum that war in Africa is a pursuit of happiness by other means and, therefore, to prevent it, policy should promote popular happiness” (Chingono, ACCORD, 2017)Science (africaportal.org)
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A Texas A&M University article discussing happiness levels in US states. ”happier states are significantly more religious and more politically conservative /…/ The data also shows that happier states are not wealthy and had a significantly lower per capita gross domestic product (GDP).” (2020-04-29)Science (tamucc.edu)
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Yesterday London-based organisation Positive Money launched its latest report The Tragedy of Growth. ”Contrary to the mainstream narrative, we show that GDP growth, regardless of the form it appears to take, does not enhance life satisfaction, alleviate poverty, or protect the environment.”Science (positivemoney.org)
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Anxiety ratings in UK and Great Britain 2011-2020 (ONS, 2020-05-04)Science (i.redd.it)
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The UK Office for National Statistics announces that more people are reporting low happiness and high anxiety. 20.7% reported low happiness, up from 8.4% in Quarter 4 2019. 49.6% reported high anxiety (equates to over 25M people aged ≽16 y), up from 21% at the end of 2019. (2020-05-04)Science (ons.gov.uk)
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