Sarkozy wants happiness used as economic indicator

France – whose growth has lagged its peers in recent decades according to standard measures – will also try to convince other governments to change their economic tracking,Sarkozy said “A great revolution is waiting for us,” he said. “For years,people said that finance was a formidable creator of wealth,only to discover one day that it accumulated so many risks that the world almost plunged into chaos.” “The crisis doesn’t only make us free to imagine other models,another future,another world. It obliges us to do so,” he said.

Measuring well-being would make France’s economy,famous for its short workweek and generous social benefits,look more rosy.