created be the greatest test of this question in the UK.
My guess is that economics will win out in government policy however the
evidence may prove me wrong. I remember reading a paper on the
recession's impact on physical and mental health in America. The paper
showed a decline in physical health on the measures used with its lowest
point a year after the recession tipping point. To my surprise the data
showed mental health had the opposite trend.
The authors interpreted it as an increase in social or informal mental
healthcare. American culture has a high sense of personal charity in
the absence of a modern state welfare system. The public stepped into
the breach.
I hope the same happens in the UK until a new government is elected.
True wealth in Gross Domestic Happiness terms is compassion, in my opinion.
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