"Rather than attempting to solve every problem by growing the economy, we need to focus instead on meeting real human and ecological needs. This is what we mean by the economics of happiness... The world is at a tipping point - culturally, socially and economically. We urgently need to reclaim our sense of community and our connection to place."
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Quoted in An economics of happiness, Marianne Brooker, The Ecologist (8th October 2018)
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