Uncategorised Manifesto for the Future Oct 26, 2020 wellecon 0 Comments With less than 200 days to go until the Senedd Election, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales Sophie Howe has launched her ‘Manifesto for the Future’, providing key recommendations that Sophie…
Uncategorised Wales joins Wellbeing Economy Governments partnership May 5, 2020 wellecon 0 Comments The Welsh Government has announced its official membership of the Wellbeing Economy Governments (WEGo) partnership. In a statement by Jane Hutt, Deputy Minister and Chief Whip, the government said: “Covid-19…
Uncategorised Welsh wellbeing – where we need to go from here Nov 1, 2019 wellecon 0 Comments Citizens must be brought into the discussion if we are to move towards a sustainable Welsh economy, writes Duncan Fisher The moment for the ascendancy of wellbeing economics in Wales…
Uncategorised Wellbeing worldbeaters: New Zealand, Scotland and Iceland Oct 30, 2019 wellecon 0 Comments Duncan Fisher explores how New Zealand’s, Scotland’s and Iceland’s approach to the economy is attempting to make their citizens happier. In two earlier posts, I have made the case for…
Uncategorised Beyond GDP – Welcome to Wellbeing Oct 29, 2019 wellecon 0 Comments Duncan Fisher argues that measuring Gross Domestic Product is flawed and we must embrace a new economics by adopting the ‘doughnut’ In my first post, I described the lack of…
Uncategorised Unhappiness threatens our democracies and the data proves it Oct 26, 2019 wellecon 0 Comments We will see the continued rise of populism unless we ditch the GDP obsession and change tack to wellbeing economics, argues Duncan Fisher This is the first article in a…
