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

2 © Nuffield Foundation 2009 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.’

3 © Nuffield Foundation 2009 GDP, happiness and HDI © Financial Times, 28th January 2009

4 © Nuffield Foundation 2009 Human development index

5 © Nuffield Foundation 2009 Energy, GDP and HDI ©David J.C. MacKay

6 © Nuffield Foundation 2009 Energy, GDP and HDI (logarithmic) ©David J.C. MacKay

7 © Nuffield Foundation 2009 Energy and HDI Data from United Nations Development Programme from 2003United Nations Development Programme

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