Author Archives: Mark Anielski

About Mark Anielski

I am an economist interested in genuine wealth and the author of the Economics of Happiness, a book that reveals how to use numbers to get at what's really important in life.

My vision of Genuine Wealth for Canada: Changing how we measure progress

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Mark Anielski

My following article was published in the December 2011 issue of Alberta Views magazine, one of Canada’s most progressive publications. Genuine Wealth: Changing How We Measure Progress One must make a new system that makes the old system obsolete. —Buckminster … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to George Soros

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Mark Anielski

The following proposal was presented by Mark Anielski to billionaire George Soros at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland January 27, 2011 A New Genuine Wealth Accounting System for Nations   by Mark Anielski Buckminister Fuller once noted said … Continue reading →

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Is 44 the age of depression and the tipping point in happiness?

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Mark Anielski

According to new happiness research reported in the Daily Mail newspaper, the biggest lows of our lives are experienced in middle age, according to new research that concludes that Britons are at their most depressed at age 44. Do you Know … Continue reading →

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