{"id":692,"date":"2016-06-24T13:15:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T12:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wellbeingandcontrol.com\/?p=692"},"modified":"2016-06-26T11:23:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T10:23:15","slug":"the-new-economics-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellbeingandcontrol.com\/?p=692","title":{"rendered":"The New Economics (radio play)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A Radio Play<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-681\" style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wellbeingandcontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/boris-david.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-681\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wellbeingandcontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/boris-david.jpg?resize=268%2C207\" alt=\"Image from dailymail.co.uk\" width=\"268\" height=\"207\" class=\"size-full wp-image-681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellbeingandcontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/boris-david.jpg?w=268&amp;ssl=1 268w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellbeingandcontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/boris-david.jpg?resize=100%2C77&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellbeingandcontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/boris-david.jpg?resize=150%2C116&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellbeingandcontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/boris-david.jpg?resize=200%2C154&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boris Johnson and David Cameron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Set in 2050, the wellbeing index is approaching  10,000 but what does David Cameron have to say about it?<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-692-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wellbeingandcontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-06-12_new-economy-radio_v23.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wellbeingandcontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-06-12_new-economy-radio_v23.mp3\">http:\/\/www.wellbeingandcontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-06-12_new-economy-radio_v23.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; 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