We all know that money can't buy you love -- or happiness, but we have been living our lives as though the accumulation of wealth is the key to our dreams. Why, in spite of increasing economic prosperity over the past 50 years, are many conditions of well-being in decline and rates of happiness largely unchanged since the 1950s? Why do our measures of economic progress not reflect the values that make us happy: supportive relationships, meaningful work, a healthy environment, and our spiritual well-being? Economist Mark Anielski developed a new and practical economic model called Genuine Wealth, to measure the real determinants of well-being and help redefine progress. 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; How you and your family can apply the Genuine Wealth model in your lives. Anielski's road-map towards this vision of flourishing economies of well-being will resonate with individuals, communities and governments interested in issues of sustainability and quality of life.

馬剋·安尼爾斯基是一位幸福經濟學傢、企業傢、教授，專門從事幸福（經濟）評估研究，同時他也是安尼爾斯基管理股份有限公司總裁。2004年，Adbusters雜誌稱贊馬剋先生是國際前沿經濟學傢中的後起之秀，是一顆“璀璨的明星”。他開創瞭加拿大自然資本核算的先河，並最早提齣關於經濟進步的可供選擇的措施，包括美國真實發展指數（GPI）和加拿大艾伯塔真實發展指數可持續幸福評估體係。他曾擔任艾伯塔政府高級經濟政策顧問14年。現在他為中國政府綠色GDP核算提供政策建議。馬剋先生是艾伯塔大學商學院企業社會責任專業的副教授，並且他

還在西雅圖附近的班布裏奇研究生院教授生態經濟學課程。他是加拿大生態經濟學協會前任會長，奧剋蘭地區“發展重新定義組織”經濟智囊團的資深研究員。馬剋先生與他的傢人住在加拿大艾伯塔的埃德濛頓市。