" Those metrics might lead to better overall outcomes on the key happiness metrics." I though we were discussing economics and not happiness? People tend to c

" Those metrics might lead to better overall outcomes on the key happiness metrics." I though we were discussing economics and not happiness? People tend to conflate the two. Just because something is not economically measurable does not mean it's not valuable. But, when we are discussing attempts to understand the world through measurement it's not really helpful to point out that the measure does not capture every facet of reality as that feature is built in to every measure. The whole point of the article was the estimated wealth gradient in roman empire - not how happy the average roman was.