© Nuffield Foundation 2009 Energy, standard of living and the quality of life.

© Nuffield Foundation 2009

Energy, standard of living and the quality of life


Robert Kennedy, 1968‘The Gross National Product counts air pollution and

cigarette advertising, and … the destruction of the redwood

and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl… Yet

[it] does not allow for the health of our children, the quality

of their education, or the joy of their play… the beauty of

our poetry or the strength of our marriages… it measures

everything, in short, except that which makes life

worthwhile.’


GDP, happiness and HDI

© Financial Times, 28th January 2009


Human development index


Energy and HDIData from United Nations Development Programme from 2003

http://hdr.undp.org/en/

© Nuffield Foundation 2009 Energy, standard of living and the quality of life.

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