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Polly Toynbee

Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to audit the progress of national happiness annually, just as we monitor money and GDP.

Polly Toynbee

Happiness

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The author suggests that governments could realistically aim to improve the happiness of their citizens because there are now scientific methods to measure it. This would allow countries to track how happy people are each year, similar to how they currently track economic indicators like money and GDP.

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