I wrote a post on this subject on my site but I think it's an important enough question to ask here too.
For the last couple years in the UK happiness has been in the news a lot and some government officials have even commented that it is government's responsibility to raise the GWB. (gross well-being, which is a play-on-words referring to GDP, which is gross domestic product)
Now this isn't just things like health-care or education but more personal growth oriented things. For example, this is a quote from one UK politician:
Quote:
“Well-being can’t be measured by money or traded in markets. It’s about the beauty of our surroundings, the quality of our culture and, above all, the strength of our relationships.”
“Improving our society’s sense of well-being is, I believe, the central political challenge of our times.”
|
Do you think that government should be responsible for raising the GWB? And for all the Americans out there, or anyone with an election coming up, if one of the candidates you're not planning to vote for started talking about GWB, would you change your vote?
I think I would.