Measuring happiness – progressive or pointless?

With today’s resource scarcity and skyrocketing social imbalances, how we determine and measure growth is becoming a critical issue. In The New Pioneers I focus on three sustainable growth principles. One of them is the principle of immaterial growth, reflected in concepts like the Triple Bottom Line and Gross National Happiness. Continue reading →

Posted in | Economic systems, Globalization, Growth principles, New paradigms, Social innovations
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