Management QOL in the News - September 27, 2016
A neuroscience researcher reveals 4 rituals that will make you happier
UCLA neuroscience researcher Alex Korb has some insights that can create an upward spiral of happiness in your life.
Quality-of-Life Management Issues in the News
Management QOL in the News - June 22, 2016
Rosling on Extreme Poverty
From "Don't Panic: How to End Poverty in 15 Years" with Hans Rosling. Aired on BBC2 in 2015
Management QOL in the News - June 09, 2016
Why Rich People Aren’t as Happy as They Could Be
From Leadership & Management Guide, a Flipboard magazine by John W. Ancelet, Jr.
"I've been poor and I've been rich," quipped the comedian Sophie Tucker. "Rich is better." There is merit to Tucker’s argument. All else being equal,...
Management QOL in the News - May 09, 2016
How to measure prosperity: GDP is a bad gauge of material well-being. Time for a fresh approach
Which would you prefer to be: a medieval monarch or a modern office-worker? The king has armies of servants. He wears the finest silks and eats the richest foods. But he is also a martyr to toothache. He is prone to fatal infections. It takes him a week by carriage to travel between palaces. And he is tired of listening to the same jesters. Life as a 21st-century office drone looks more appealing once you think about modern dentistry, antibiotics, air travel, smartphones and YouTube.
The trouble with GDP: Gross domestic product (GDP) is increasingly a poor measure of prosperity. It is not even a reliable gauge of production
One of Albert Einstein’s greatest insights was that no matter how, where, when or by whom it is measured, the speed of light in a vacuum is constant. Measurements of light’s price, though, are a different matter: they can tell completely different stories depending on when and how they are made.
Rewriting history: The nation’s income is a constantly moving target
By how much did Britain’s economy grow in 1959? It would seem to be a question that ought to have been settled long ago. It hasn’t been. Samuel Williamson of the University of Illinois finds that in the British government’s annual “Blue Book” reports on GDP in the half-century or so since this uncelebrated year, there have been 18 different answers. The Blue Book published in 1960 said 2.7%; that of 2012 said 4.7%. British GDP, it seems, is under almost constant revision.
The party winds down: Across the world, politically connected tycoons are feeling the squeeze
Two years ago The Economist constructed an index of crony capitalism. It was designed to test whether the world was experiencing a new era of “robber barons”—a global re-run of America’s gilded age in the late 19th century. Depressingly, the exercise suggested that since globalisation had taken off in the 1990s, there had been a surge in billionaire wealth in industries that often involve cosy relations with the government, such as casinos, oil and construction. Over two decades, crony fortunes had leapt relative to global GDP and as a share of total billionaire wealth.
Management QOL in the News - May 02, 2016
Don't Panic: The Truth About Population
In this video / article Hans Rosling blows up some misconceptions and misunderstandings about population growth. He convincingly makes the following points: 1) Population growth should hit a limit around 11 billion within the next hundred years, as the world equalizes in health outcomes. 2) In developed countries, a ratio near 2 parents to 2 children mostly exists. As a result of equalizing health outcomes, low child mortality, and family planning, family sizes go down, and population growth slows in a predictable way. 3) Current population trends are strong enough that by 2100, only ~10% of the world population will be in Western nations (North America, Western Europe) — Africa will quadruple in population and Asia will increase about 25%. Learn more at Farnam Street (14 minutes).
Management QOL in the News - February 03, 2016
Greater Good Live
Please follow the link below to see highlights of a talk given by Richard Davidson, founder of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, as he explains what he sees as the four science-based keys to well-being.
Management QOL in the News - January 14, 2016
Does Happiness Really Help You Live Longer?
A new study contradicts prior research by suggesting that a happy life isn’t necessarily a longer one. But a closer look reveals that there's more to the story.
