Skip to content
Top Menu
15/06/2025
  • About The Mint
    • Our Mission
    • Our Team
    • Our Editorial Panel
    • Our Privacy Policy
  • Free newsletters
  • Membership
  • Institutional subscriptions
    • Institutional Subscriptions
    • Institutional Subscriber Registration
  • Issues
    • 33 – 325 – History of Economic Thought
    • 32 – 1224 IPE
    • 31 – 924 Finance
    • 30 – 624 Food
    • 29 – 324 Collapse
    • 28 – 1223 Econocracy
    • 27 – 923 Patriarchy
    • 26 – 623 Post Growth
    • 25 – 323 Economical Truth
    • 24 – 1222 Inequality
    • 23 – 922 Climate Justice
    • 22 – 622 Inflation
    • 21 – 322 Land Regeneration
    • 20 – 1221 Covid
    • 19 – 921 Climate Change
    • 18 – 621 Digital Economy
    • 17 – 321 Corruption
    • 16 – 1220 Feminist Economics
    • 15 – 920 Covid
    • 14 – 620 Crisis
    • 13 – 320 Hope
    • 12 – 1219 Circular Economy
    • 11 – 919 Nobel Prize
    • 10 – 619 Food
    • 9 – 319 Globalisation
    • 8 – 1218 Common resources
    • 7 – 918 Populism
    • 6 – 618 Work
    • 5 – 318 health and housing
    • 4 – 1217 Sustainability
    • 3 – 917 10 Years After
    • 2 – 617 Relationships
    • 1 – 317 Economics
  • Books
  • Education
  • Contact
  • Log In
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Youtube
The Mint Magazine

The Mint Magazine

Published by Promoting Economic Pluralism

Articles in 2024

  • Home
  • Featured
    • Latest issue
    • The Ten Most Read Articles in 2024
    • The Ten Most Read Articles in 2023
    • The Ten Most Read Articles in 2022
    • The Ten Most Read Articles in 2021
    • The Ten Most Read Articles in 2020
  • News
  • Interviews
  • Columns
    • First Word
    • Outsider
    • The Coppola Column
    • Confessions of an A Level Teacher
    • Verity
    • The Dentist
    • Student voice
  • Topics
    • Agri-Food System
    • Climate Crisis
    • Health
    • Development
    • Economics
    • Environment
    • Finance
    • Globalisation
    • Housing
    • Stakeholder Economy
    • Taxation
    • Work
  • People
    • Authors
    • Interviewees
    • Speakers

Tag: Wellbeing

A four-day week can work – if staff and employers can deal with the challenges

11/07/2024 - Leave a Comment

It sounds like a dream for many people currently working five days a week: how about just doing four days and having a long weekend? When the weekends feel too …

A four-day week can work – if staff and employers can deal with the challenges Read More

Japan’s sleep-deprived employees embrace the workplace nap

06/10/2023 - Leave a Comment

Japan’s ministry of health and welfare has called on the public to sleep longer and better after two recent reports determined that Japanese people are not getting enough shut-eye. And …

Japan’s sleep-deprived employees embrace the workplace nap Read More

Gone offline

01/07/202301/07/2023 - Leave a Comment

Verity is uncomfortable with prospect of a virtual future for the end-of-life years. This last month has been exciting. Out of the blue, I was invited to give a keynote …

Gone offline Read More

Effective Altruists Want to Engineer People to Sleep Less So They Can Work More

05/05/2023 - Leave a Comment

“Sleep is for the weak.” This expression is often tossed around jokingly. However, some effective altruists believe there is a moral imperative to get the human race to sleep less, …

Effective Altruists Want to Engineer People to Sleep Less So They Can Work More Read More

Creating a wellbeing economy

24/06/2022 - Leave a Comment

Measuring economic, social and environmental prosperity. A new monitor will help inform policy decisions to reduce Scotland’s vulnerability to future financial and environmental shocks, helping build a more prosperous, resilient, …

Creating a wellbeing economy Read More

Four-day work week: How competitive is mental health?

20/05/2022 - Leave a Comment

The Brussels economic policy crowd seems to be positively inclined towards the idea of a four-day work week if a recent debate at the Brussels Economic Forum is anything to …

Four-day work week: How competitive is mental health? Read More

The pandemic recovery needs to be measured in well-being—not just GDP

10/04/202108/05/2021 - Leave a Comment

Once a country’s economy reaches a certain level of wealth, gross domestic product—which puts a single dollar value on a country’s total economic output—is no longer a good measure of …

The pandemic recovery needs to be measured in well-being—not just GDP Read More

The unhappy face of corruption

28/03/202109/01/2022 - Leave a Comment

Luca Andriani and Gaygysyz Ashyrov explain how life satisfaction is not a gold-plated toilet brush. Laura Kovesi was chief prosecutor of the Romanian Anti-Corruption Directorate between 2006 and 2018. She …

The unhappy face of corruption Read More

Project Ruhani

08/10/202002/10/2021 - Leave a Comment

Watch their final presentation and discussion with our expert panel… View the presentation … and hear our expert panel’s reflections. … and read more about this great project and the …

Project Ruhani Read More

Germany is set to trial a Universal Basic Income scheme

20/08/202021/08/2020 - Leave a Comment

Germany is about to become the latest country to trial a universal basic income, starting a three-year study of how it affects the economy and recipients’ well-being. As part of …

Germany is set to trial a Universal Basic Income scheme Read More

Posts pagination

1 2 Next

Featured material, news, interviews & columns open access.

Join here for full access to 100s of articles.

Sections

  • #NotTheNobel Finalist
  • Articles
    • Featured
    • Festival for Change
    • Hard Stuff
    • Here & Now
    • Horizon
    • Nobel Prize
    • Out there
    • The Long Read
  • Books
  • Columns
  • Event recordings
  • Festival Final Project
  • Interview Transcripts
  • Interviews
  • Mbrs event
  • News
  • Region
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Australasia
    • Continental Europe
    • Latin America
    • Middle-East
    • North America
    • UK & Ireland
  • Reviews
  • Schools
  • Sector
    • Civil society
    • Digital
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Finance
    • Food & Farming
    • Government
    • Health
    • Housing
    • Industry
    • Money
    • Race
    • Tourism
    • Transport
    • Utilities
    • Work
  • Top 10
    • 2020
    • 2021
    • 2022
  • Uncategorized
  • Universities
  • Videos

Brought to you by

A Registered Charity - Number 1178596
Creating space for diverse perspectives to help co-create truly sustainable, resilient and inclusive economies.
Promoting Economic Pluralism 2017
  • Our Mission
  • Our Team
  • Our Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Institutional Subscriber Registration

Keep in touch

Get a weekly newsletter with a featured article, news and more, keep up with our London events and follow news about PEP.

Subscription options

Free newsletter subscription

Get free featured content as it comes available by subscribing to our weekly newsletter including news, featured books, event recordings and more.

Paid Mint Membership

Members get immediate access to all material on our website for £3 monthly.

You also support our mission to open up economic thinking to help us address ecological and social breakdown.

Find out more
See current free featured content here Institutional subscriptions are also available - see here