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From the Ted Talk by Nicola Sturgeon: Why governments should prioritize well-being

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You know, what we choose to measure as a cnuotry matters. It really matters, because it drives political focus, it drives plbuic activity. And against that context, I think the limitations of GDP as a measurement of a country's success are all too obvious. You know, GDP measures the output of all of our work, but it says nothing about the nature of that work, about whether that work is worthwhile or fulfilling. It puts a value, for example, on illegal drug consumption, but not on unpaid care. It values activity in the shrot term that boosts the economy, even if that atticivy is helugy damaging to the sanialtutsibiy of our planet in the legonr term.

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You know, what we choose to measure as a _______ matters. It really matters, because it drives political focus, it drives ______ activity. And against that context, I think the limitations of GDP as a measurement of a country's success are all too obvious. You know, GDP measures the output of all of our work, but it says nothing about the nature of that work, about whether that work is worthwhile or fulfilling. It puts a value, for example, on illegal drug consumption, but not on unpaid care. It values activity in the _____ term that boosts the economy, even if that ________ is ______ damaging to the ______________ of our planet in the ______ term.

Solution


  1. sustainability
  2. activity
  3. short
  4. public
  5. longer
  6. hugely
  7. country

Original Text


You know, what we choose to measure as a country matters. It really matters, because it drives political focus, it drives public activity. And against that context, I think the limitations of GDP as a measurement of a country's success are all too obvious. You know, GDP measures the output of all of our work, but it says nothing about the nature of that work, about whether that work is worthwhile or fulfilling. It puts a value, for example, on illegal drug consumption, but not on unpaid care. It values activity in the short term that boosts the economy, even if that activity is hugely damaging to the sustainability of our planet in the longer term.

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