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if there is political will... indeed

"For the world of policy makers, this perspective suggests that a clear focus on wellbeing of poor offers the possibility of transforming millions of lives much more profoundly than we could by finding the recipe to increase growth from 2 percent to 2.3 percent in the rich countries."

not @ how there's a measurement for "stuff we don't know" (total factor productivity)

notes/questions for myself: is happiness a good thing to measure - especially considering how the "value" one derives from something can be changed according to shifting beliefs etc (utility is quite a nebulous idea ngl)? and why is everyone so obsessed with economic growth (is it an unmitigated good)?