For the Nobel-Prize economist Joseph Stiglitz happiness is just as important as the measure of the economic success, or failure, of a society. For Stiglitz, along with a growing number of serious economists the question is whether a single-minded objective to economic growth has led to governments neglecting other important goals. Goals such as social [...]
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The Measure of National Happiness
Posted in Business, Government, Sustainability, environment, philosophy, psychology on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Socrates, Money and Happiness.
Posted in Business, philosophy on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most people think that if they had posses an abundance of wealth they would be happy and successful, however such a belief is certainly not necessarily true. According to the Greek philosopher Socrates the quest for profit and wealth is fine as long as such a quest is accompanied by knowledge. The philosopher argued that [...]
