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It takes two to tango, for economists too<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe three-day conference Economics for a Better World has come to an end. In the future, we should invite more non-economists, like environmentalists and behavioural and social scientists.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Shifting gears <\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tEconomists seem to find it difficult to accept different schools of economic thought. But pluralism in economic thinking is the solution to the complexity of the real world that surrounds us.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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The task of embedding wellbeing in policy-making<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe debate on wellbeing should not only inform but also be useful for policy-makers. Read the third article in this series from the OECD conference.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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A look on the bright side of life <\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t04 July 2025
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\n\t\t\tThis is the first blog post in a series from the OECD conference Economics for a Better World. Happiness versus wellbeing, are we talking about the same thing?\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Buying things together works better<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tCollective buying reduces costs, but also makes money go further. Britain\u2019s up2us programme has experience with it.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Africa: transformation, more than just growth<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tAfrican economic transformation should be inclusive, but how can this be achieved? Experts discussed this at the launch of the preview of the 2013 African Transformation Report.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Inequality should be of central concern to advanced economies<\/a><\/h3>\n

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GNP and GNI are outdated<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tThere is a need for new values for wealth and national economic growth figures. GNP and GNI are outdated.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Time to bite the bullet<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Layers of complexity<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tToday was the start of the final two weeks of the Bellagio Initiative. Forty people from across the world have been invited to the beautiful Lake Como in northern Italy to talk about how we can act more strategically towards achieving hu…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Resurrection of public water utilities<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tIs water a commodity or a public good? Who can assume the right to open or close the water tap? This blog will focus on the public to public partnerships for water utilities.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Building quality of life together<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tIn the framework of the Bellagio Initiative, The Broker hosted a lively online debate on human wellbeing and inclusive economics in the 21st century. Our contributors agree that economic growth as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) generally…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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The nature of development lies in social integration<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tAccording to Henk Molenaar, we are in need of a single, powerful concept to rival growth as development paradigm.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Overcoming growth by focusing on social integration<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tWe are indeed in need of a new development paradigm, Henk Molenaar argues. Compared to the simplicity and intuitive clarity of the concept of growth, the ever more sophisticated indices we are developing to measure wellbeing are not going to do th…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Back to basics to understand outcome and output<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\t"At this stage, we are getting what we measure: outputs not outcomes, GDP not wellbeing", Russell Lewis argues.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Towards a collective recognition of common goods<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tPatricia Almeida Ashley advocates for a participative policy making approach that embraces complexity thinking: from the mechanical view of "dots" towards the quantum physics view of  "waves"\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Another development gimmick in the making<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tAccording to Claudio Shuftan, the changes needed in the current economic climate are so drastic that mega philanthropies and their sponsors will never accept them.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Economics is not just for the experts<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Learning the how is not enough<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe majority of capacity building still focuses on technical skills rather than the fundamental ‘soft skills’ that are necessary to meaningfully implement training, says Russell Lewis. \n\t\t<\/p>\n

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Preoccupations about wellbeing matter little in Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tIn Africa, economic growth and GDP are still of the utmost importance and are a necessary condition for real wellbeing, argues Dirk Bol. \n\t\t<\/p>\n

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No wonder there is conflict<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tDon’t try to change the aid industry, Lucia Nass argues: "Focus on mindsets and relationships instead".\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tWe may need a new development model, one that puts greater emphasis on culture and social exclusion, Tanja Van de Linde argues.\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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No need for more development models<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Challenges of changing today\u2019s economic practices and responsibilities<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tProbably you already have noticed that The Broker started a project called the \u201cBellagio Initiative: living well in the 21st century\u201d. This is mainly an online debate on a series of questions related to the promotion of human wellbeing in general,…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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The problem is not measurement, the problem is accountability<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tDoes Ecological Economics have the ability to cope with short term crises of the capitalist economy, if we are primarily concerned with long-term cumulative phenomena, coevolutionary responses both by nature and institutions?A key area for our wor…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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The Good Life for 8 billion people in 2050? It’s possible!<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n\t\t\tParticipants of the Third International Conference on Eco-Efficiency, held in Egmond aan de Zee, The Netherlands, June 9-11, 2010, discussed how to ensure that 8 billion people in developed and (former) developing countries can have a good life by…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tSince 1972, economists and others have tried to supplant GDP-driven indicators with measures that take human well-being into account. But how easy is that, and how close are we?\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tWe face a number of highly challenging tendencies which require fundamental new approaches to get us on the track of a decent global society. First, the industrial transformation of societies has taken off globally. It is not a matter if but only…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDavid Barkin, Professor of Economics at the Xochimilco Campus of the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma Metropolitana in M\u00e9xico City, talks with Louise Stoddard about the importance of collective action for well being….\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tLuis Rico Garcia\u2013Amado from Ecologistas en Acci\u00f3n discusses the results of his joint research in the Bolivian Amazon which measured what we can learn from Indigenous people about how the consumption of market goods relates to well being….\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tOnly a few hours till the conference begins. I\u00b4ve been looking forward to this degrowth conference for months, though not without some trepidation. I cannot embrace the term degrowth enthusiastically\u2014it sounds about as intuitively appealing as und…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tCould de-growth reduce poverty and avoid climate change? A scientific study coordinated by researchers of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona has recently argued that \u201cThe solution both t…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tFrans Bieckmann is the Editor in Chief of The BrokerLooking back on, and having briefly chewed over a long day of interesting talks and debates at the High Level Policy Forum in Brussels, I will share with you some of the threads and trends t…\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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