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Dear John,
It’s official: the public wants to prioritise quality of life over GDP growth. Our poll published in The Guardian and Daily Mail yesterday showed 8 out of 10 people want the government to prioritise health and wellbeing over economic growth during the coronavirus crisis - and 6 out of 10 still want to even when this pandemic ends.
This news caused a storm online. Over 55,000 people saw it on Reddit and commentator George Monbiot even tweeted saying: “This is an extraordinary result, suggesting people are ready for a massive change in the way we measure and achieve well-being. It's the best news I've seen for a long time.”
If you agree John, please will you share the news with your networks now? Together we can build the momentum behind this important idea. |
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This poll coincided with the launch of our latest groundbreaking report “The Tragedy of Growth”. |
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Nearly 900 people tuned in to the webinar launch yesterday where our panel of Caroline Lucas MP, Clive Lewis MP, Lord Deben (Chair of the Government’s Climate Change Committee), Professor Guy Standing and the report’s author, Positive Money economist David Barmes, debated the limits of GDP as an indicator of a successful and happy society. |
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Head here to find the full report, read a summary of the webinar in our latest blog post, or watch it on Facebook or Youtube.
Chasing GDP growth above all else has failed to alleviate poverty and destroyed our environment. It’s time for a radical reorientation of our current economy to favour social and environmental wellbeing. All the panelists in our webinar agreed: our recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity to bring this paradigm shift about.
We think this is a pretty exciting prospect. But it’s going to take thousands of us doing what we can to push this new agenda forward.
John if you agree, please will you share our blog now? If thousands of us do, together we can build even more momentum for prioritising public health over continuous growth! |
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Thank you for all you do,
Rachel, Hannah and the rest of the Positive Money team |
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