Gross domestic product is a misleading measure of national success (2014)
&quot;The philosopher John Stuart Mill noted more than 200 years ago that, once decent living standards were assured, human efforts should be directed to the pursuit of social and moral progress and the increase of leisure, not the competitive struggle for material wealth&quot;<p>Yes, we took the wrong turn. Most people are subjected to a life long rat race of economic relevance&#x2F;volatility where most of their waking hours are spent just trying to make a living, by any means necessary.<p>What makes the state of humanity extra sad is that all this raping of the planetary resources that we do still does not elevate us out of this misery.<p>It&#x27;s unclear who this destructive machine is serving. Consider the point of view of an ordinary citizen. Who genuinely has your best interest at heart?<p>A business? No. A bank? No. A country? No.