Confidencial Colombia:
La economia de la felicidad
16 September 2015
In the 70's, the New Yorker Richard Easterlin Economist concluded that, once past a certain level of income in the richest nations, happiness not increased as a result of higher revenues. Today we know for scientific research and the findings of the English economist Richard Layard, the rent acts as a powerful factor correlated with happiness, but that is a kind of momentary happiness, which runs out as falls into a vicious cycle of dissatisfaction by wanting to always have something better than 'the of to the side' and because once achieved one higher income soon generated an adaptation to this higher standard of living where the greatest happiness obtained is quickly lost. In response to this human problem, the economy of personal development flourishes. This entails two main lines: services to individuals and services to organizations and institutions.
This article was published online by Confidencial Colombia on September 16, 2015
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Related links
Richard Layard webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage