Economic Policy
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 An Economy of Well-BeingCommon-sense tools for building genuine wealth and happiness |
In the face of political, financial, and environmental upheaval, it’s difficult to slow down and build lives of mindfulness and joy. These things are within reach, but how can we go about … | Mark Anielski | 242 | 2018 | View |
 The Happiness Policy HandbookHow to Make Happiness and Well-Being the Purpose of Your Government |
Thomas Jefferson said that “the purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness.” Yet only now, 270 years later, is the happiness of citizens … | Jean Crowder; Laura Musikanski; Rhonda Phillips | 226 | 2019 | View |
 The World After CovidThe Munk Dialogues on a Pandemic |
From the world-renowned Munk Debates comes a collection of dialogues by leading intellectuals envisioning our post-pandemic future. During this time of social distancing, the acclaimed Munk … | Rudyard Griffiths | 153 | 2021 | View |
 Unicorn in the Woods |
As tech investors the world over search for elusive unicorns (start-ups valued at over $1 billion), acclaimed business journalist Gordon Pitts asks whether there can be a place for high-tech … | Gordon Pitts | 264 | 2020 | View |
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The Origins of the Happiness Policy Handbook – A Roadmap to the Handbook | Jean Crowder; Laura Musikanski; Rhonda Phillips | 8 | 2019 | $0.80 Add |
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From IntroductionA New Economic Paradigm Based on Well-Being From: An Economy of Well-Being |
This book is meant to engender hope that a dark age ahead can be avoided and the current system of economic malaise transcended with a more compelling economic future based on the goal of … | Mark Anielski | 8 | 2018 | $0.80 Add |
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From IntroductionWhen Brian Met Chris From: Unicorn in the Woods |
In the introduction, Pitts describes a consequential meeting of two tech enthusiasts in New Brunswick. | Gordon Pitts | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From A Brief History of the Happiness Movement |
An Evolution of Sustainable Development: The Happiness Movement – A Few Words about Terminology | Jean Crowder; Laura Musikanski; Rhonda Phillips | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From Fareed Zakaria in Conversation with Rudyard GriffithsApril 15, 2020 From: The World After Covid |
Fareed Zakara and Rudyard Griffiths discuss Covid-19 and its global impacts. Topics include the world’s transition into a post-American world and China’s current power and influence, … | Rudyard Griffiths | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From Newton’s LawFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
This chapter explores Chris Newton’s younger years; he was an early adopter of home computers, and later enrolled in the computer science program at the University of New Brunswick. | Gordon Pitts | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
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From Reclaiming Economics for HappinessFrom: An Economy of Well-Being |
* Reclaiming the Language of Economics * Happiness: Well-Being of Spirit * A New Index of Well-Being * Measuring Well-Being Objectively * Alberta’s Economic Growth, Disease and Income … | Mark Anielski | 30 | 2018 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Wealth versus CommonwealthFrom: Resilience Imperative |
For the last 200 years, the ideology of unregulated markets, free-flow-ing capital, and minimalist government has waxed and waned. The unbridled markets of the 1920s gave way to state investment … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 36 | 2012 | $3.60 Add |
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From A Roadmap to Well-BeingFrom: An Economy of Well-Being |
* Can Well-Being Be Measured? * The Science of Well-Being: What We Measure Affects What We Do * Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and an Indigenous Model of Well-Being * The Util: Measuring Real … | Mark Anielski | 26 | 2018 | $2.60 Add |
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From Life of BrianFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
In this chapter Pitts examines the early life of Brian Flood, an athletic young man with an aptitude for business and entrepreneurship. | Gordon Pitts | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
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From What Happiness Policy Is and Why It Matters |
Happiness Policy Makes Economic Sense – Easterlin Paradox – Income Inequality – Mental Health Care – Purchasing Habits | Jean Crowder; Laura Musikanski; Rhonda Phillips | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From Bhutan, Edmonton and Alberta: Models of Well-Being EconomicsFrom: An Economy of Well-Being |
* Back to Edmonton: The City that Could * The Promise of Alberta * Alberta’s Preliminary Asset Accounts | Mark Anielski | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
