...contrary to the authors’ own statements that “Fostering the conditions where personality growth occurs – such as through positive schooling, communities, and parenting—may be a more effective way of improving national wellbeing than GDP growth.”
This makes the study sound very politically motivated.
It makes the study sound like political double-talk regardless of motivation. Are there any political parties in favor of negative schooling, communities, and parenting? No? Then that phrase doesn’t actually say anything remarkable, it just acts as priming to benefit any candidate or policy proponents whose propaganda uses similar phrasing.
This makes the study sound very politically motivated.
It makes the study sound like political double-talk regardless of motivation. Are there any political parties in favor of negative schooling, communities, and parenting? No? Then that phrase doesn’t actually say anything remarkable, it just acts as priming to benefit any candidate or policy proponents whose propaganda uses similar phrasing.