JMVRI Issue Number 5
JMVRI Issue Number Five includes a study, part of a comprehensive empirical evaluation of the results of a prospective four-year quasi-experiment, that sought to reduce rates of homicide and violent crime at urban murder rates in the U.S.A. through the effect of the practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program. The second paper examines the effect of coherent collective consciousness on national quality of life, while the last paper looks at the impacts of climate change and the contribution to solution of this global problem through Maharishi Vedic Science.
JMVRI Paper 5.2
The Effect of Coherent Collective Consciousness on National Quality of Life and Economic Performance Indicators: An Analysis of the IMD Index of National Competitive Advantage
Authors: Guy Hatchard & Kenneth L. Cavanaugh
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Citation: Hatchard, G., & Cavanaugh, K.L. (2017). The effect of coherent collective consciousness on national quality of life and economic performance indicators: An analysis of the IMD Index of National Competitive Advantage. Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, 5, 41- 77.
Summary
The scores of New Zealand and Norway on the Institute for Management Development (IMD) Index of National Competitive Advantage increased significantly when they passed the predicted coherence group threshold in 1993 (1% of a population practicing the Transcendental Meditation program or the √1% practicing the advanced TM-Sidhi program in a group) when compared to 44 other developed nations as shown by cross-country panel regression analysis robust to serially correlated errors, heteroskedasticity, and contemporaneous correlation of residuals. Subsidiary analysis and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data confirmed that the changes were unusually broad-based, sustained, and balanced in nature with five years of high growth, low unemployment, and low inflation. Taken as a whole, the findings suggest a prescription for balanced and sustained growth based on a method to enhance quality of life and innovation among the population.