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If we measured personal happiness with dollar signs, then North Americans would be the cheeriest souls on Earth. Not so. Despite more than 50 years of constant economic growth and material consumption, our rates of happiness and many indicators of well-being are in decline. How can we redefine economic progress in accordance with what matters most to our quality of life: supportive relationships, meaningful work, a healthier environment and spiritual well-being?
Economist Mark Anielski has developed a new and practical economic model called Genuine Wealth, to measure those real determinants of well-being and help redefine progress. This model has been used with enormous success in many communities, corporations, and in countries all over the world.
The Economics of Happiness shows how to measure the five capitals of Genuine Wealth:
- Human
- Social
- Natural
- Built
- Financial
Learn how the genuine wealth model is being used by nations, governments, communities, and businesses to build a new economy of well-being, with examples from Italy, Santa Monica and Bhutan. Discover how you and your family can apply the model in your lives.
Anielski’s road-map towards this vision of flourishing economies of well-being will resonate with individuals, communities and governments interested in issues of sustainability and quality of life.
Mark Anielski is an ecological economist and president of his family-owned corporation, which specializes in the economics of well-being. He is currently a senior economic advisor to the Government of China, creating a green GDP estimate and developing new economic, social and environmental indicators of harmonious development in that country.
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