The Economics of Happiness

Happiness Economics is a 2011 documentary directed by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick, and John Page, produced by Local Futures (formerly International Ecological Culture Association).

The feature of this movie is that the six continents are seeking systematic economic change. The documentary explains the world moving in two opposite directions at the same time. While governments and large corporations continue to promote globalization and strengthening corporate capabilities, people all over the world are opposed to these policies and build a completely different future. Community gathers based on a new paradigm and rebuilds a more human-scale eco-economy: localization economy

Happiness Economics received the "Best Award" at the Film Cape Verde Film and Art Festival, EKOfilm (Czech Republic) received the "Best Guide" in 2011, "A Choice" at the Auroville International Film Festival (India) And "Selection" was awarded. The audience chose ")," Excellence Award "of the Accolade Film Festival, and several other awards. [2]

In 2015, it was ranked first in Films Action, one of 100 activist-oriented movie screening and editing sites we can use to change the world. [Four]

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%