Do DALYs Mislead LMICs? Plus: Indigenous Wellbeing Frameworks

This Week In Wellbeing Measurement · Jun 11, 2026 · 11m · transcript

Wellbeing measures are treated less like neutral scorecards this week and more like tools that shift funding, authority, care, and whose lives count.

Covers 2026-06-04 to 2026-06-11; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.

What counts as progress, and who gets counted? Explore the tools, tradeoffs, and evidence behind wellbeing metrics, from GDP alternatives and resilience indicators to mental health, aging, climate, and care.

Episode covers 2026-06-04 – 2026-06-11.

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