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Can a government make you happy?
New Zealand is the first western country to state it should be judged not by its wealth but by its citizens鈥� wellbeing. Is securing our happiness really the job of governments?
New Zealand is the first western country to state it should be judged not by its economic prosperity but by its citizens鈥� wellbeing. Might these wellbeing policies be masking an inability by governments to effect any real change in citizen鈥檚 lives or do they actually end up making economic sense after all?
(Photo: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Credit: Getty Images)
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