The Economics of Happiness

The local future believes that modern society has fundamentally experienced wrong change. Large scale and speed up

We believe that we need a very different paradigm. Rather than trying to solve all problems by "developing the economy", it fulfills real human and ecological needs through "happiness economy" by awakening deep connection between community and nature You should.

Award-winning documentary "Happiness Economics" explains social, spiritual and ecological costs of today's global economy. Importantly, this film also highlights many of the benefits of moving to local areas and shows some of the steps people have taken worldwide. For more information, please watch a movie

Since 2012, Local Futures has held international conferences on a series of happiness economies in the United States, Korea, Italy, India and Australia. At each conference, internationally renowned leaders of the localization movement held a series of lectures, group discussions and seminars on global topics from local thinkers and activists.

In addition, we hold a 1 day event in New York in 2014 and a Happy World Economic Forum in Tokyo in 2017.

We will receive up-to-date information about future events and our general work, as well as news from the globalization movement worldwide.

"Economics of Happiness" is characterized by seeking a systematic economic change from the six continents. The documentary explains the world moving in two opposite directions at the same time. Meanwhile, the government and large companies continue to promote globalization and strengthening corporate capabilities. At the same time, people around the world boycott these policies, demanding trade and finance restructuring - and apart from the old authorities, they are beginning to form a very different future. The community is in conjunction with a new paradigm, the regional economics, to rebuild more ecological economies of human size. Create by anonymous

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.