McCartney, G., Büchs, M. orcid.org/0000-0001-6304-3196, Hensher, M. et al. (1 more author) (2025) What is a Wellbeing Economy, and what might its impact be on population health? The Lancet Planetary Health, 10 (10). e879-e889. ISSN: 2542-5196
Abstract
The current polycrisis (intersecting and mutually-reinforcing crises that are impacting our ecological, social, and economic systems) has foregrounded the need to transform economies to put them in service of people and planet, rather than design them in pursuit of ever more economic growth. This approach, termed a Wellbeing Economy, is the subject of considerable policy interest and could have substantial impacts on population health if widely implemented. We discuss different interpretations of similar terms for economic systems and how these interpretations imply incremental reforms to the dominant capitalist model, or a radical break in economic design. We detail routes to a Wellbeing Economy and suggest that more radical approaches hold greater potential to address the polycrisis and protect population health. We summarise how the implementation of a Wellbeing Economy could be a commensurate response to the polycrisis that might also yield substantial benefits for population health.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 10052343 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2025 13:40 |
Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2025 13:40 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00192-6 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:232080 |