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The Economics of Happiness
A film by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick, and John Page
DVD, 65 minutes, 2011; www.isec.org. uk, www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org.
A worthy follow-up to the International Society for Ecology .and Culture's Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh, this new film builds on Helena Norberg-Hodge's observations of the collision of traditional Ladakhi and modern western cultures to address broader issues of globalization. Through clear explanations from articulate voices from six continents (Vandana Shiva, Samdhong Rinpoche, Juliet Schor, Rob Hopkins, and many others), and through real-life examples (many taken from ISECs "reality tours," bringing local and globalized cultures face to...