HAPPINESS – AN INDICATOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? WHO IS MENTORING US?
HAPPINESS – AN INDICATOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? WHO IS MENTORING US?

Summary/Abstract: The present essay explores the way happiness could be used as an indicator for economic development and its pedagogic implications. In other words, if there is a positive corelation between happiness and economic development then what does the education system do to teach people to be happy? How to measure it –higher prosperity leads necessarily to higher happiness, happier people? How to teach people to be happy – when marketing and business tells the story of never be content, always want something different, the sky is the limit which leads to unhappiness? Is this a good business model? A good model of education?

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