I think that it is worthwhile for us to measure the overall
health and happiness of a nation in economic terms to an extent. I think that
if certain economic terms such as becomes to extreme in a certain direction,
then it could certainly affect the overall health and happiness of a nation.
For example, the air pollution in the United States today can be considered
bad. We have one of the most industrialized countries, if not the most
industrialized countries so you can expect air pollution in the United States
to be somewhat bad. Despite the below average air quality in large cities, and
towns that house factories and refineries we remain content because the air
pollution is not so extreme to the extent that it effects the way we live. In
this case we don’t need to measure our nations happiness on the economic term
of air quality because it has not reached an extreme. An example of a place
where the poor quality of air has become so extreme is Mexico City. The people
of Mexico City are told when it is safe to leave there house without having to
wear a mask and when you must stay inside, or wear a mask when leaving your
home. The poor air quality here has become so extreme that it is directly
affecting the health and well being of this city’s inhabitants. Overall, I
think that we should still measure our nations well being based on economic
terms, but we should not take them too seriously unless they become too extreme
in either direction. I think that the economic terms that the United States
currently uses to measure the well being of our country do not need to change.
Robert Kennedy’s made some great points in the second paragraph when he states
that we determine our countries gross national product.
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