Measuring well-being

Measuring well-beingan overlapping concernboth environmental economicsvarious movementssocial justice. Italso broadly associated withlabor movementGreen Partiessome countries. It seeksindex pensions, entitlements,other benefitslosseswell-being due"environmentalsocial deficit".

These measuresoften associated inUnited States withSeventh Generation Amendment proposal toU.S. Constitution,in Canada withCanada Well-Being Measurement Act co-authored by Mike Nickerson ofGreen PartyOntarioJoe Jordan,Liberal PartyCanada MemberParliamentLeeds-Grenville, ON. This Act specifically citesseventh generation standardassessing large-scale government action,is thus similar toUS proposal.

Several First Nationsboth CanadaU.S. seemhave independently originated this standard, priorEuropean contact, which seemsrepresentage ratio betweenlongest-lived eldersnewborns expressedtermsgenerations, i.e. humans live at most 100-115 years,reproducemost tribal cultures at about 15-17 years old,ratioabout sevenone. So, according tostandard, any child born asdecision was being made would be ableassess its impact over their entire life as an elder.

Although lawsrequire standardsmeasuring well-being have not yet been adopted, theygrowingpopularity inlabor movement, forced attentionthese matters toNAFTA levelhave begunchallenge assumptionseconomics regarding inflationmoney supply.

Early negotiations on NAFTA adoptingU.S. dollar (i.e.both CanadaMexico) have been drastically complicated by proposalsagree, asprerequisite, on measuring well-being, whichstillvery new subject. In partstall or block currency union,Canadian Labour Congress, Green Party ofUnited States, Green PartyOntarioGreen PartyCanada have all backed well-being measures very strongly. However, therebroad agreement among green economists thatcommon standardmeasuring well-being,possibly also Bioregional Democracy measures, would be requiredorderensure biosecurity aftercurrency union.

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Some standardswell beinguse:

Vanderford-Riley well being schedule