Plus: COVID-19 is a women's economic crisis
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Hey readers, this week we asked "What really makes people happy?"
It may seem a strange question to ask in the middle of a pandemic. But plotting a path to recovery from the coronavirus has given governments an opportunity to rethink how they measure success.
Traditionally, the equation was fairly basic: wealth is good, more wealth is better. But the spoils have not been shared equally. As the human impact of the pandemic hits home, politicians around the world face growing calls to prioritize people over productivity.
While we wait to go back to "normal," there’s evidence that people may not want to return to a normal which wasn’t working for them in the first place. In France, 69% of people polled by the newspaper Libération said they wanted to slow down the pursuit of profit in a post-COVID world. And in Britain, fewer than one in ten want life to return to exactly how it was before.
As the pandemic exposes fault lines and inequalities in societies worldwide, it’s bringing fresh calls to create economies that work for everyone. And that means defining success differently — not by conventional markers of economic growth, but by measuring social good, environmental sustainability, health and happiness.
What do you think? We'd love to hear from you. Cheers, Laura, Amanda and Kyla |
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| Return To Work Reveals There’s Nothing Equal About The Coronavirus Pandemic Politicians want people to get back to work, but it’s low-paid, minority workers without the luxury of working from home who are most at risk. [HuffPost]
How Europe Is Getting People Back to Work The offices, factories and workplaces that employees left before lockdown will look dramatically different when they return. [HuffPost]
Density Isn’t Easy. But It’s Necessary. Americans have always had a difficult relationship with urban density. But in a crisis, we need what cities can provide. [CityLab]
To Mask Or Not? The Weighty Symbolism Behind A Simple Choice How a pandemic precaution has joined climate change as an indicator of our ideological differences. [Inside Climate News]
In A First, Renewable Energy Is Poised To Eclipse Coal In U.S. The coronavirus has pushed the coal industry to once-unthinkable lows, and the consequences for climate change are big. [The New York Times] |
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