The Economics of Happiness - Discovering Genuine Wealth





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Media and Reviews for "The Economics of Happiness" Economics of Happiness Wins Gold in 2008 Nautilus Book Awards in Los Angeles, June 1, 2008 Nautilus 2008 Gold Winners Economics of Happiness Wins Bronze in 2008 Axiom Business Book Awards in New York, March 10, 2008 Axiom Business Book Awards Winners Radio and Television Reviews Mark on Youtube Mark is interviewed by film-maker Jon Cooksey for his documentary film How to Boil a Frog (in progress) Watch the video *Watch Mark's Economics of Happiness* presentation at the November 10th,2007 Green Festival in San Francisco Watch the video Print Media Articles Interview with World Changing Canada's Hassan Masum (May 8, 2008) Many Canadians are discovering that disillusionment with shopping and accumulating “stuff” is spreading into other areas of their lives. Strategist and Futurist, PJ Wade, examines the economics of happiness and makes suggestions for redirection of emphasis. Read the article: The Economics of Happiness: What Do You Value US Radio Interviews on the Economics of Happiness September 12, 2007, 7:25-7:35 am MST WFON Milwaukee, WI "Jon and Mary in the Morning" September 12, 2007, 7:50-8:00 am MST Cable Radio Network - CRN National National, with Jack Roberts September 13, 2007, 5:20-5:40 am MST Biz Radio Network, Houston-Dallas, Texas "The Morning Show" with Brent Clanton September 13, 2007, 9:00-9:10 am MST WDST-FM, Albany, NY, "Gattine and France" with Greg Gattine September 13, 2007, 9:30-9:60 am MST Project Radio Health, Chicago, IL, "LaVeda Peterlin Interview" with LaVeda Peterlin September 13, 2007, 10:00-10:30 am MST WKBK-AM, Keene, NH, "Kid Talk" with Steve DeMasco September 17, 2007, 7:10-7:20 am MST Talk of Connecticut, Harford, CT, "The Brad Davis Show" with Brad Davis September 25, 2007, 8:20-8:40 pm MST Sirius Satellite Network, New York, NY. "As You Think" with Fr. Paul Keenan September 26, 2007, 9:05-9:15 am MST KYW-AM, Philadelphia, PA, "Morning Report" with Don Lancer September 27, 2007, 7:35-7:45 am MST XEPE-AM, San Diego, CA, "Morning Show" with Mark Larson II September 28, 2007, 7:30-7:40 am MST KCMN-AM, Colorado Springs, CO, "Tron in the Morning" with Tron Simpson September 28, 2007, 9:34-9:40 am MST Radio Colorado Network, "Business for Breakfast" with Tom Chenault and Woody Vincent October 2, 2007, 7:10-7:20 am MST WHAM, Rochester, NY, "Chet and Beth" with Chet Walker and Beth October 3, 2007, 12:45-1:15 pm MST Sirius Satellite Radio, New York, NY, "The Good Life" with Jesse Dylan October 4, 2007, 7:00-7:15 am MST WCWA-AM Toledo OH, "The Troy Neff Show" with Troy Neff October 6, 2007, 6:10-6:40 am MST WFMP-FM, Minneapolis, MN, "The Jill Spiegel Show" with Jill Spiegel October 8, 2007, 8:30-9:00 am MST KVON-AM, San Francisco, CA, "Morning Edition" with Jeff Schectman October 9, 2007, 8:30-9:00 am MST Lifestyle Talk Radio, "Michael Dresser Show" with Michael Dresser October 12, 2007, 7:10-7:20 am MST WCBQ-AM & WHNC-AM Raleigh, NC, Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones Listen to the Interview by clicking on the Economics of Happines book cover on Alvin's site. What is Genuine Wealth and the Economics of Happiness?** Listen to the July 31, 2007 interview with CKUA radio host Don Hill (filmmaker, a popular speaker and a long-standing member of the Writers Guild of Canada) with Mark at the Sugar Bowl in Edmonton and which appeared on Don's CKUA RadioCKUA Radio show Inspiring Leadership (Show 4) Listen to the CKUA Interview between Mark and Don Hill (18 minutes, MP3 file) Policy Channel Interview with Ken Chapman: Challenging the conventional gospel of economic growth Edmonton, June 4, 2007- In his first book, ecological economist and author Mark Anielski puts forward a new economic model that measures “Genuine Wealth.” The Economics of Happiness suggests a manner by which economic development works towards genuine well-being and happiness. In an exclusive new interview with The Policy Channel (www.policychannel.com), Anielski says we must begin to think of progress and success in a different light.Â Anielski says current measures of wealth and progress, like the GDP, only focus on growth, production and export. "There's no account for, let's say, the loss of social cohesion", he adds, which makes it "a flawed income statement". In The Economics of Happiness, Anielski creates a system that measures progress in terms of human, social, natural, built and financial capital. The Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) adds "the value of unpaid work", and subtracts "regrettable expenditures" considering many costs of growth using examples such as "the cost of crime" and "more air pollution", he says. "It's a practical model for governance," says Anielski, one that focuses on "an economy of stewardship" rather than simply" pursuing more production and export." He says genuine wealth and progress should bedefined by a community's well-being and quality of life. "What makes you joyful inside? What makes life worth living?" he asks, "That should be the basis of governance of civil society." Anielski's Genuine Wealth model has been applied to various communities across the globe, "from Nunavut to China" and is being heralded by Austrian Professor from Management Center Innsbruck, Michael Klassen "very comprehensive," and "unique in the whole world." To watch the video of the full interview with Mark Anielski, visit policychannel.com Book Reviews The Social Crediter The Journal of the Social Credit Secretariat Autumn, 2007, Vol. 83, #3 West Yorkshire, UK by: Frances Hutchinson, Editor and Chairperson The Economics of Happiness stands to become a classic. As an ecological economist, the author writes with assured authority on the relationship between the economic theories which have served industrial capitalism well but which now need to be superseded, and the emerging alternatives. Following in the footsteps of Thorstein Veblen and J. K. Galbraith, Anielski presents a thoroughly readable economics text, packed with quotable quotes and deserving of serious study. He has analysed practical experiments in sustainable production and accounting alongside the work of key authorities in economics, commerce and the environment. The whole is distilled to produce a solid basis for the founding of sustainable communities based on socially and ecologically sound procedures. At times, the text is a revelation. I can think of no category of human beings - from artists, architects and accountants, through teachers and students, bankers and top corporate executives, farmers, historians, media reporters, medics, technicians, parents of day-old twins and Nobel prize winning economists – who could possibly regret buying a copy of this book, studying it, and handing it on to family, friends and colleagues. (read full review, p. 217-219)