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The economics of happiness : building genuine wealth Cover Image Book Book

The economics of happiness : building genuine wealth / Mark Anielski.

Anielski, Mark, 1960- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0865715963
  • ISBN: 9780865715967 :
  • Physical Description: xix, 266 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Gabriola, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Subject: Economics > Psychological aspects.
Happiness > Economic aspects.
Quality of life.
Well-being.
Wealth.

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Acknowledgments xiii
Foreword xv
Herman Daly
Introduction xvii
My Journey to Genuine Wealth
1(14)
Learning about natural capital and sustainability
2(2)
Encouraged by pioneering reports
4(4)
Beginning the work in Canada
8(7)
The Language of Wealth and Economics
15(12)
What is wealth?
15(5)
What is value?
20(1)
What does it mean to be genuine and have Genuine Wealth?
21(1)
What is an economy?
22(1)
Chrematistics (money) or oikonomia (life)
23(2)
What does it mean to be competitive?
25(1)
What is capital?
26(1)
Life capital
26(1)
What's Wrong with the Picture of Progress?
27(24)
The Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI)
30(4)
Making money, growing poorer
34(5)
The Alberta GPI
39(12)
A Renaissance in Economics and Capitalism
51(14)
Economic ethics of ancient Israel
51(2)
China's xiaokang philosophy of moderation
53(1)
The European Middle Ages: An age of moderation
54(1)
The birth of accounting: Luca Pacioli
55(2)
Awakening the true soul of capitalism?
57(4)
Capitalism as a religion and spirit?
61(3)
A way forward
64(1)
The Genuine Wealth Model
65(24)
Philosophical foundations
66(1)
A practical tool for measuring well-being
67(1)
Examining our values, principles and virtues
67(1)
What is the good life?
68(1)
A taxonomy of needs, wants, wealth and poverty
69(2)
Distinguishing between means and ends
71(3)
The five capitals of Genuine Wealth
74(3)
Accounting for the five capitals of Genuine Wealth
77(1)
The Genuine Wealth Assessment life-cycle
78(11)
Personal Genuine Wealth
89(20)
Conducting a Personal Genuine Wealth Assessment
89(2)
Taking the Personal Genuine Wealth Survey
91(3)
What the Inuit taught me about genuine wealth
94(3)
Why not ask the children?
97(1)
Kate Kaemerle's story
98(7)
My own story of Genuine Wealth
105(2)
Your story
107(2)
The Genuine Wealth of Communities and Nations
109(38)
Finding genuine wealth in Leduc, Alberta
110(4)
Leduc Genuine Well-being indicators and indices
114(9)
What I learned from Leduc
123(1)
The wisdom and genuine wealth of the Inuit of Nunavut
124(5)
Santa Monica: A sustainable city in the making
129(3)
China's xiaokang society: An economy of moderation
132(2)
Emilia Romagna: An economy of cooperation
134(3)
Bhutan's Gross National Happiness
137(3)
A vision of an economy of Genuine Wealth for Canada
140(5)
Canadian Index of Well-being: Measuring what matters
145(1)
Conclusion
146(1)
Genuine Wealth for Business and Organizations
147(28)
What is the purpose of an enterprise or business?
148(5)
Applying the Genuine Wealth model to business
153(5)
The future of business that builds Genuine Wealth
158(8)
The cooperative business enterprise
166(4)
Balle: Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
170(2)
Ways forward
172(3)
Money and Genuine Wealth
175(40)
The lights go on
175(4)
Our relationship with money
179(2)
What is money?
181(3)
Why do we want money so badly?
184(1)
How is money created?
184(6)
The role of the central bank in money creation
190(6)
The origins of usury: Charging interest on money
196(2)
Towards genuine money and banking
198(2)
Genuine Wealth banking and money
200(15)
The Economics of Happiness
215(14)
The monetary value of happiness
216(1)
Does money buy happiness?
216(6)
Does consuming more of nature buy more happiness?
222(1)
Does more income buy more happiness?
223(3)
Can we ever have enough money?
226(1)
Why the sudden interest in the economics of happiness?
226(3)
Epilogue 229(4)
Glossary 233(5)
Endnotes 238(15)
Bibliography 253(5)
Index 258(9)
About the Author 267

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