Many governments think that economic progress is their most important goal. Some people, however, think that other types of progress are equally important for a country. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

it is important to note that, progressing involves different aspects for
one
country
. Many may say, and I agree,
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that each
one
of these aspects
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equally.
For
instance
, progressing in
economy
, culture,
education
, happiness and so much more.
However
, many governments believe that
economy
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is the most important
aspect
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all. The reason that many governments think that way is probably because of the large effects that
economy
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can
make
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on
one
country
.
That is
, not only can
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economy
put
one
country
in
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a high risk of increasing inflation, but
also
the ability
of buying
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will decrease.
Besides
, should the importance of economic
progress
apes under question, governments have to deal with other
countries
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condition
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.
This
will put
one
country
in
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a risk of war if it does not accept what other countries desire.
However
, just paying attention
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one
aspect
of
progressing
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named
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economy
cannot be enough.
For
instance
,
education
is a challenging
aspect
of
progress
that needs to be taken care of. Needless to say, only when we have a development
education
, will there be many experts in different subjects including
economy
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.
Therefore
, the improvement of
education
can be a reason
of
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economic
progress
.
For
instance
, the lack of children's training because of
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education
system can be the cause of murder being increased which
also
affects the
economy
.
Additionally
, I believe that developing
on
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any
aspect
of
progress
can be a cause of economic improvement
at
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the end.
Thus
, just focusing on
economy
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the economy
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can make
one
country
regress, for they have nothing except
economy
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the economy
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.
For
instance
, China has
one
of the most successful
economy
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in the world, but the amount of its
people
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happiness is so low.
On the other hand
, the only thing that
its
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government pay attention to is
economy
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the economy
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, so long working hours do not
let
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people
to
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be happy.
As a result
,
although
it is good to have a developed
economy
, we should consider other
progress
too.
This
is probably how we can have a wonderful society.
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