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Policies
for Happiness |
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Diffuse dissatisfaction,
psychological malaise, unease: this is the distressing picture that emerges
from the research of various social sciences, on "happiness"
in countries with the highest degree of development. Why have wealthy
countries not been able, and are not able now, to conjugate economic development
and well-being? Why does the data highlight that not only has happiness
not increased in the post-WWII years but that in certain cases, as for
the Unites States, it has actually decreased? This Workshop documents
the situation and analyzes the causes and the solutions for present-day
dissatisfaction, identified by economists, psychologists, sociologists
and anthropologists. The heart of the problem is that economic development
has gone hand in hand with a progressive impoverishment of our emotional
and social relationships. Our economic system and many aspects of our
experiences, both individual and collective, from family life to the job,
from the media to urban life, school, the caring for children and healthcare,
require a deep cultural and organizational change. This Workshop charts
out some guidelines. |
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