The Economics of Happiness,

Money can not make you happy, but there are economic equations that create happiness. Some people think the Western economy is strong (in many respects) happiness is poor, now is the time to listen and learn from the ancient culture.

Halena Norberg-Hodge was a country closed in the 1970s, and Ladakh had a complete ancient Tibetan culture. She witnessed the existence of a strong community of people there and the ease of pure happiness there. This encouraged her to begin to change the financial and social structure of the modern Western world. One of the main solutions she focused on was localization. And that urged her to start a local future.

"Localization is actually a solution multiplier, because it means recovery of biodiversity, reduction of shipping and packaging, restructuring of community structure, reconnection around us World This is a more meaningful living It means more justice and equality "

"Localization essentially produces more than self-sustaining, but it brings dependence on the community ... This region is beginning to connect with the surrounding resources rather than relying on imports and exports."

As a pioneer in this field, Helena Norberg-Hodge has been promoting economics of personal, social and ecological well-being for over 30 years. She joined the UPLIFT podcast and discussed economics of happiness and knowledge learned from various villages all over the world.

Author and filmmaker Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures. As a pioneer in the "New Economy" movement, she has been promoting economics of personal, social and ecological well-being for over thirty years. She is an award-winning documentary and ancient future producer and co-manager: Author of Ladakh Learning

Mr. Kurani pointed out that the layout of the campus is based on Harvard's research (which found a direct relationship between human relations and happiness) and a documentary on how the village builds strong relationships "Economics of Happiness He explained that he was inspired by. Influenced by these insights, Kurani decided to simulate Riverbend after the village. In addition to borrowing a concentric circle model from the village, Kurani aims to protect the "organic" nature of the village. "Many times, when you are a master plan campus or community, it often feels very scriptable," he said. "As the goal is to improve efficiency, in the long run, it will end with a lot of right angles, straight lines that are the shortest paths to A and B. This can really make you a happy killer."

Economics of happiness is a quantitative and theoretical study of happiness, positive and negative emotions, happiness, quality of life, satisfaction of living and related concepts, others such as psychology and sociology The field of economics and often combines. As happiness economics challenges traditional economic targets it is becoming more and more common to track the happiness of the people and the satisfaction of their lives. In his 2007 book "The way to happiness", Sonja Lyubomirsky insists that happiness is 50% of genetic decision, 10% based on twin studies is environmental protection, and 40% is self restraint I will. Lyubomirsky proposed a 12 point plan to maximize 40%

Most people associate more happiness with more money, as they believe in the freedom the former brings. But that is not the case. As many people know, the economic utility (money) of money is limited and the couple's annual limit is about $ 70,000 to $ 80,000. This number varies from city to city, but the fact remains unchanged. Money does not bring happiness. Most people consider their assets as assets. They are watching valuable items that increase their value by looking at their own closet and living room. The downside of this way of thinking is that we rarely give you the satisfaction that things think we are satisfied. In fact, what you have is more likely to be the responsibility to prevent you from living in your way.