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What would education policy look like if its aim were to promote well-being? What would economic policy look like if it sought to primarily promote well-being? Can you re-imagine policy to envisage a well-being health service?
These are the kinds of questions that nef's well-being programme seeks to answer. All policymakers need to think about well-being as one of the ultimate aims of their work, but few see it in this way. The well-being perspective is radical and suggests a truly different kind of society.
The economy would provide high quality work for all that wanted it, and we would be time rich as well as consumption rich. Schools would focus on emotional literacy and life skills as much as academic subjects. The health service would focus more on prevention, and care, as well as surgery and medication. And in order to secure the quality of life of future generations, we would aim for quality economic growth rather than quantity growth, which would not deplete our social and environmental capital.
If you are interested in working with us to explore the links between well-being and policy, please contact Nic Marks.
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