--- description: Are we defining economic success all wrong, here are four ways companies can really get family friendly and more. title: We Might Be Defining Economic Success Incorrectly image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # We Might Be Defining Economic Success Incorrectly by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 9, 2018 5:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 9, 2018 5:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Are we defining economic success all wrong?**](https://psmag.com/economics/are-we-defining-economic-success-all-wrong "undefined") By Kevin Charles Fleming in _Pacific Standard_ **2\.** [**Here are four ways companies can really get family friendly.**](https://www.fastcompany.com/40525237/how-companies-can-really-make-their-workplaces-family-friendly "undefined") By Stephanie Vozza in _Fast Company_ **3\.** [**Working in dim lighting might rewire your brain and make it harder to remember.**](http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2018/does-dim-light-make-us-dumber/ "undefined") By Andy Henion at _Michigan State University_ **4\.** [**Disappearing messaging apps like Snapchat undermine our power to preserve the past or get justice in the future.**](https://www.wired.com/story/snapchat-sending-metoo-down-the-memory-hole/ "undefined") By Felix Salmon in _Wired_ **5\.** [**Don’t give your kids ‘toddler drinks.’**](https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2018/february/toddler-formulas-and-milks---not-recommended-by-health-experts--.html "undefined") By the _New York University_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5141465/we-might-be-defining-economic-success-incorrectly/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5141465/we-might-be-defining-economic-success-incorrectly/"},"headline":"We Might Be Defining Economic Success Incorrectly","datePublished":"2018-02-09T17:00:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:07.947Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/5141465/we-might-be-defining-economic-success-incorrectly/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","Family","health","messaging"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5141465/we-might-be-defining-economic-success-incorrectly/","name":"We Might Be Defining Economic Success Incorrectly"}}]}] ```