Productivity and gross domestic product are one way of measuring quality of life.

So might be enjoying playing a musical instrument with friends.

Living is not just a meal ticket or turning our kids into factory fodder.

Christopher Pearson – The Weekend Australian 23-24 October

More to the point how do we measure and experience the quality of life in The Grove here in the upper Kedron Brook valley?

For example if we were having a lot of road accidents here that might drive up GDP but it certainly wouldn’t improve our quality of life.

Another example might be our excellent (low) crime statistics. They are bad for GDP!!! but terrific for our quality of life.

An important measure is the degree of inequity in wealth. Societies without vast differences in wealth usually score a lot higher on quality of life.