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December 13, 2011 | 5 Comments
Written by Laura Musikanski
I am 48 years old and I am in the unhappiest part of my life. At least that’s what the rapidly-emerging science of happiness says should be the case. Wellbeing, or “happiness” science is pushing its way from the halls of academia into the houses of legislators. The Happiness Initiative is a citizen action project designed to help individuals, organizations and policy makers make this happen.
On July 19th, 2011, the United Nations called on governments to measure happiness, or wellbeing, rather than just Gross Domestic Product (GDP) “with a view to guide public policy.” Daniel Kahneman, Nobel prize winner and sometimes called the “grandfather” of wellbeing science, agrees. He suggests that data about subjective wellbeing is exactly what policy makers today need. It is …