[HLUG] business coding challenge: Gross National Happiness

[Sue]

> I wonder how different the world could be?


It could be a very much better world indeed. Thank you for that Matt.

Sue.



On Wednesday 07 June 2006 11:31, Matt Rhys-Roberts wrote:
> ‘Economic calculations ignore the value of fresh water and green forests’
>
> Further to
> http://www.globalideasbank.org/site/bank/idea.php?ideaId=3257, how about
> those of us involved in corporate/financial IT putting this idea into
> practice? Almost without exception, spreadsheets and accounting systems
> are optimised to maximise profits, generally at the expense of the
> well-being and sustainability of people and planet.
>
> Gross National Happiness is basically another column in a spreadsheet
> that measures how happy people may be under certain circumstances. If
> this were treated as seriously as shareholder returns, I wonder how
> different the world could be?