Since its invention by Simon Kuznets in the 1930s, the notion that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reflects human well-being and should guide public policy has been called into question. In the wake of the financial, political, and environmental crises that have defined the early twenty-first...

There is now a Happiness Revolution to go along with the earlier Industrial and Demographic Revolutions. The Happiness Revolution is captured using people's happiness scores, as reported in public surveys, whereas the earlier revolutions are reflected by economic production (such as GDP) and...

As well-being has matured as a statistical and measurement agenda, it has become increasingly relevant as a “compass” for policy, with a growing number of countries using well-being metrics to guide decision-making and inform budgetary processes. One remaining challenge has consisted in...