Can a Well-Being Economy Save Us?

The COVID-19 pandemic led many countries to consider reforms to their economic policies, in part to better deal with global warming, mass population migration and displacements, and worsening global inequalities. Some health progressive changes have been made, but the world still confronts the contr...

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Published in:International journal of health policy and management 2024-06, Vol.13, p.8507
Main Author: Labonte, Ronald
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Consumption (Economics)
COVID-19
COVID-19 - economics
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Economic aspects
Economic Development
Economic growth
Economic policy
Epidemics
Global Health - economics
Global warming
Health Policy
Humans
Pandemics - economics
SARS-CoV-2
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Summary:The COVID-19 pandemic led many countries to consider reforms to their economic policies, in part to better deal with global warming, mass population migration and displacements, and worsening global inequalities. Some health progressive changes have been made, but the world still confronts the contradiction between economic growth and the need to reduce aggregate global consumption. Well-being economies based on valuing human and planetary health have been proposed as a viable option, with more appeal than concepts such as degrowth or postgrowth economics. Some governments are moving in a "well-being economy" direction, but are they moving far and fast enough? What are the policy actions governments must take, and how will they overcome powerful interests opposed to any economic changes that might challenge their privileges? The idea of well-being economies resonates strongly with most cultures; and therein lies its civil society activist potential.
ISSN:2322-5939
2322-5939
DOI:10.34172/ijhpm.8507