Can Money Buy Well-being?

About this episode

The episode explores the relationship between economic policies and individual well-being, featuring insights from Jayati Ghosh.

More at https://philosophytalk.org/shows/can-money-buy-well-being. Governments and central banks set economic policies that affect us all. But how do those policies influence our quality of life? And how can that quality even be measured? Gross Domestic Product (GDP) includes many factors that have little to do with the regular person’s happiness. What do people really need, beyond enough to live on? And how can we make sure they get it? Josh and Ray spend some quality time with Jayati Ghosh from UMass Amherst, co-author of" Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity."

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh, Ray

Guest: Jayati Ghosh

Topics covered

• economic policies
• quality of life
• happiness measurement
• GDP
• human needs

Keywords

• money
• well-being
• economic policies
• happiness
• GDP
• quality of life
• human needs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UMass Amherst

Books & works: Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity

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