Should we bother too much about GDP? What about GNH and GPI? I believe in quality of life, but I also believe in the purchasing power of money, so all those three make sense except for some underlying paradigm that I won't be discussing here (it should reserved for an academic paper or a newspaper article).
It is probably too naive to think that we can have good quality of life with minimal amount of monetary reserve. Poverty cannot breed happiness, but so can't richness. And "wealth" is something else, which is a combination of many variables.
Personally, I believe in high reserve by being fiscally conservative and I also believe in overall quality of life, which oftentimes involve monetary expenses, such as "buying" the peace of mind of being healthy and taken care of.
I guess that's the underlying reason why I have chosen the path as an entrepreneur-writer (an eco-friendly one) instead of something else.
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