For Kennedy, GDP measured "everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile".
Robert F. Kennedy once said that GDP measures everything "except that which makes life worthwhile".
Those strands in the life of Roberto Baggio, and the hope in the causes he supports, make life worthwhile.
"And there will be less and less money for our schools, hospitals, communities, pensions - for everything that makes life worthwhile".
Freedom unconstrained by a substantive conception of that which makes life worthwhile is a recipe for meaninglessness.
singer Miguel puts it, in a single from 2014, it is the "simplethings" that make life worthwhile.
It measures neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile".
Audio and Video content on Economist.com requires a browser that can handle iFrames.GDP "measures everything," quipped Bobby Kennedy, the American president's brother, "except that which makes life worthwhile".
But it is not a guarantee of greater well-being, and its claims should be properly balanced against those of everything else that makes life worthwhile.
It is hard to engage in the everyday activities, like eating, sleeping, playing with children, and enjoying the company of friends and family, that make life worthwhile.
