Economic Growth Creates a Rat Race, But Does the Rat Race Make Us Happy?

Arguments used to justify more economic growth are based on flawed assumptions

Paul Abela, MSc
DataDrivenInvestor
Published in
7 min readDec 15, 2022

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Every single country has the same economic goal, to increase economic growth, but why? Economic growth is intertwined with social development. The idea is that economic growth creates a rising tide that raises…

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