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Happiness: Rise of a new global paradigm
Dr. Christian Kroll
Jacobs University & Universität Bremen
e-mail: c.kroll @ jacobs-university.dewebsite: www.christiankroll.eu
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A word from Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
“The care of human life and happiness is the only legitimate object of good government.”
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Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC)
“We must therefore survey what we have already said, bringing it to the test of the facts of life, and if it harmonises with the facts we must accept it, but if it clashes with them we must suppose it to be mere theory.”
(Nicomachean Ethics, Book 10, 1179: 23)
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From measuring economic production towards measuring people‘s well-being.
Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi commission, 2009
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Economic progress made us richer but no happier.
Source: Myers 20001
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The decreasing marginal utility of income.
Source: Inglehart & Klingemann 2000
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A range of stakeholders around the globe are involved in creating new measures of well-being.
• national roundtables
• civil society / academia
• statistical offices
Source: Kroll 2011
• international organisations
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The new UK Measures of National Well-Being
Source: ONS 2011
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The new UK Measures of National Well-Being
1) Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?2) Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday?3) Overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday?4) Overall, to what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are worthwhile?
Source: ONS 2011
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World Happiness Report
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The state of world happiness
top...middle...bottom
Source: Helliwell, Layard, Sachs 2012
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World Happiness Report: Key recommendations
1. Do not pursue GDP growth at all costs
2. Prioritise reduction of unemployment: “A bad job is often better than no job.”
3. Foster community spirit and trust
4. Improve access to modern evidence-based psychological therapies
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OECD Your Better Life Index
1: Australia2: Norway3: USA..28: Greece..35: Mexico36: Turkey
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Better Life Index outperforms GNI in a „happiness test“
Source: Delhey & Kroll 2012
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Bhutan‘s Gross National Happiness policy screening tool
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The UK Green Book
“Subjective well-being measurement […] will be important in ensuring that the full range of impacts of proposed policies are considered”
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Thank you!
Dr. Christian Kroll
e-mail: c.kroll @ jacobs-university.dewebsite: www.christiankroll.eu