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  • The Economics of Happiness (2011)
  • 67 min | Documentary, News
The Economics of Happiness (2011)
67 min | Documentary, News

'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 ...See more'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. Written by Anonymous See less
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Directors
Steven Gorelick (co-director) | Helena Norberg-Hodge (co-director) | John Page (co-director)
Writers
Helena Norberg-Hodge (written by) | Steven Gorelick (written by) | John Page (written by)
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Updated Apr 24, 2011

Release date
Jan 2011 (United States)

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27 cast members
Name Known for
Ronald Colman
Self (as Ron Colman) Self (as Ron Colman)   See fewer
Eliana Amparo Apaza Espillico
Self (as Eliana Espillico) Self (as Eliana Espillico)   See fewer
Clive Hamilton
Self (as Dr. Clive Hamilton) Self (as Dr. Clive Hamilton)   See fewer
Chris Johnstone
Self (as Dr. Chris Johnstone) Self (as Dr. Chris Johnstone)   See fewer
Khyentse Norbu
Self (as Khyentse Norbu Rinpoche) Self (as Khyentse Norbu Rinpoche)   See fewer
Keibo Oiwa
Self (as Professor Keibo Oiwa) Self (as Professor Keibo Oiwa)   See fewer
John Page
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Mohau Pheko
Self (as Dr. Mohau Pheko) Self (as Dr. Mohau Pheko)   See fewer
Samdhong Rinpoche
Self (as Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche) Self (as Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche)   See fewer
Juliet Schor
Self (as Professor Juliet Schor) Self (as Professor Juliet Schor)   See fewer
Vandana Shiva
Self (as Dr. Vandana Shiva) Self (as Dr. Vandana Shiva)   See fewer
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