There is a vast literature on the need for radical reform to social and economic structures, most especially on the move away from the GDP metric and toward its prospective replacements. There is also a burgeoning literature that reflects the function of a global pandemic to bring into relief the errors of our ways. We here provide links to some of these scholarly resources that inspire us as they might inspire you.
Beyond GDP: Lessons for Redefining Progress in Canadian Food System Policy
Correcting Capitalism: Changing Metrics and Meanings of Work among Japanese Employees
2022/02/14
Loneliness During the Covid-19 Pandemic
2022/01/19
The Complexity of Loneliness
2022/01/01
A Brain Capital Grand Strategy: toward economic reimagination
Equality Renewed: Justice, Flourishing and the Egalitarian Ideal
OECD: Beyond Growth 2020
Social Progress Index
The SDGs and human well-being: a global analysis of synergies, trade-offs, and regional differences
Adam Smith on What It Means to Flourish
The motivational cost of inequality: Opportunity gaps reduce the willingness to work
Classifying Sustainable Development Goal trajectories: A country-level methodology for identifying which issues and people are getting left behind
IRPP: Income Inequality in Canada
Institute for Research on Public Policy
What’s So Bad about Increasing Inequality in Canada?
The Sport and Prey of Capitalists: How the Rich Are Stealing Canada’s Public Wealth
How Private Enterprise Took Over Canada's Public Wealth: Book Review
Volunteering and Flourishing
Basic Income for Canada
Building the SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Economy
The Town With No Poverty: Evelyn L. Forget
The Human Flourishing Program
Flourishing Across Europe: Application of a New Conceptual Framework for Defining Well-Being
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL THE WORLD LEAVE BEHIND? Assessing current trajectories on the Sustainable Development Goals