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The Economics of Happiness

The Economics of Happiness (2011)★ 7.3/10

US,NI,FR,DE,GB,AU,IN,TH,JP,CN · 67 min · January 1, 2011

  • Documentary
  • Journalism

Directed by: Steven Gorelick, Helena Norberg-Hodge, John Page

Written by: Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick, John Page

'The Economics of Happiness' features a chorus of voices from six continents calling for systemic economic change. The documentary describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, government and big business continue to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, all around the world people are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance - and, far from the old institutions of power, they're starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm - an economics of localization.

Directed by

Steven GorelickHelena Norberg-HodgeJohn Page

Written by

Helena Norberg-HodgeSteven GorelickJohn Page

Cast & crew

Jan BarhamSelfRonald ColmanSelfEliana Amparo Apaza EspillicoSelfZac GoldsmithSelfDaniel GreenbergSelfClive HamiltonSelfRichard HeinbergSelfRob HopkinsSelfPracha HutanuwatrSelfChris JohnstoneSelfDavid KortenSelfRodrigo LopesSelfBill McKibbenSelfGavin NewsomSelfHelena Norberg-HodgeSelfKhyentse NorbuSelfKeibo OiwaSelfJohn PageNarrator (voice)Mohau PhekoSelfSamdhong RinpocheSelfJuliet SchorSelfBalaji ShankarSelfVandana ShivaSelfMichael ShumanSelfCharles SimmonsSelfAndrew SimmsSelfSulak SivaraksaSelf