21CR3 Unit 4B TED

Nic Marks is a pioneer in the emerging field of --------- research.

To investigate this, he devised the Happy Planet Index (HPI)—a measure of human ---- that takes into account not only how happy and healthy we are,

but how efficiently we are using the ----- of the planet.

Marks is particularly interested in promoting a balance between sustainable development and ----- of life

The index uses international data on life expectancy, personal well-being (the happiness that people say they experience), and ---- ---- (a nation’s impact on the environment in terms of per capita resource use)

As Marks explains in his talk, “Economics is very interested in scarcity and ---. It thinks in terms of how much bang do we get for our buck.”