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IISD ASSOCIATE WINS ACCLAIM FOR NEW BOOK ABOUT WELL-BEING: ANIELSKI EXPLORES THE MEANING OF GENUINE WEALTHIISD

Associate Mark Anielski has been awarded the 2008 bronze medal in the category of Economics by the Axiom Business Book Awards of Independent Publishers for his book, "The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth" (see http://www.genuinewealth.net/ to learn more about the publication).

Anielski is an internationally noted expert in developing and reporting on sustainability from the community to the national level and beyond. His Genuine Wealth model and Genuine Progress Indicators, which are new tools to evaluate wellbeing, are featured in the book.

The "Economics of Happiness" shows:

• how economics, capitalism, accounting and banking, which dominate our consciousness, can be reoriented towards the pursuit of genuine happiness;
• how to rediscover the original meaning of the language of economics;
• how to measure the five capitals of Genuine Wealth: human, social, natural, built and financial;
• how nations, governments, communities and businesses are using the Genuine Wealth model to build a new economy of well-being; and
• how you and your family can apply the Genuine Wealth model in your lives.

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