Rather than attempting to solve every problem by growing the economy, we need to focus instead on meeting real human and ecological needs. This is what we mean by the economics of happiness... The world is at a tipping point - culturally, socially and economically. We urgently need to reclaim our sense of community and our connection to place.
Swedish activist and documentary director
Helena Norberg-Hodge (born February 1946) is an author, film producer, an outspoken critic of economic globalization, a leading proponent of localization as an antidote to the problems arising from globalization, and the founder and director of Local Futures.
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