The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Synopsis:

'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.

Actors:

Jan Barham, Ronald Colman, Eliana Amparo Apaza Espillico, Zac Goldsmith, Daniel Greenberg, Clive Hamilton, Richard Heinberg, Rob Hopkins, Pracha Hutanuwatr, Chris Johnstone, David Korten, Rodrigo Lopes, Bill McKibben, Gavin Newsom, Helena Norberg-Hodge

Directors:

Steven Gorelick, Helena Norberg-Hodge

Writers:

Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick

Year:

2011

Genres:

Political Documentary, Social and Cultural

Countries:

International

DVD details

BBFC:

Classification is to be confirmed by the British Board of Film Classification

Release Date:

Not released

Run Time:

67 minutes