New Zealand's 'well-being budget': how it hopes to improve people's lives
- Written by Christoph Schumacher, Professor of Innovation and Economics, Massey University
New Zealand developed a set of well-being indicators to guide policy advice. AAP/Boris Jancic, CC BY-ND
New Zealand’s first “well-being budget” has landed, prioritising well-being over economic growth. So how is it different to any budgets that we have seen in the past?
The government has moved away from GDP as a sole indicator of...
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