GDP, the most basic indicator of a country's economic well-being, is not ideal. Read the article (http:/tinyurl.com/4mnvco8) Read all you like, but particularly the 'A Genuine Progress Indicator' part). In GDP, what's not considered a 'good' and what's not supposed to be in GDP?

3. More recently, British Prime Minister Cameron unveiled a "Happiness Index" to accompany the more traditional GDP estimate (http:/tinyurl.com/bqpsz8q). What do you make by all this? Does that really mean anything?