When growth isn’t enough: What Mexico reveals about real prosperity

Prof. Henrietta L. Moore | 25 March 2026

At the Institute for Global Prosperity, we often begin with a deceptively simple question: what does it actually mean to live a good life?

Not in terms of GDP, but in terms of how people live – their health, their security, their opportunities, and their sense of belonging. Recently, this question took on a sharper edge for me when reflecting on a conversation from the Beyond GDP podcast, featuring Michael Green of the Social Progress Imperative and Sofía Ramírez of México, ¿cómo vamos? Mexico Como Vamos – a small but influential think tank focused on communicating economic insights, particularly surrounding women and SMEs.

Read the full article published for Substack.

About the Author

Henrietta L. Moore is Co-President of The New Alignment and Founder and Director at the Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London. A leading global thinker on prosperity, Professor Dame Henrietta L. Moore challenges traditional economic models of growth arguing that to flourish communities, businesses and governments need to engage collaboratively with local diversity and work within ecological limits.