From 600+ conversations with the world’s leading thinkers.
Not only are incomes being lost — a sense of community, a sense of pride, a sense of belonging has also been lost. Those things clearly matter for human wellbeing. We’re just not very good at measuring them.
Economic growth is a means. The goal must be something else. It must be shared prosperity. It must be happier lives. It must be communities in which we all feel that we belong. It must be mutual respect. Those are ends.