ovdje - Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo
ovdje - Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo
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TARA BEATA RACZ<br />
Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska /<br />
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia<br />
EKONOMIJA SREĆE<br />
Stupanj razvoja tradicionalno je izjednačavan s razinom postignutog<br />
ekonomskog rasta mjerenog isključivo tradicionalnim monetarnim mjerama<br />
poput BDP-a. Međutim, na prosperitet zemlje ne utječu samo materijalni<br />
faktori već i subjektivni osjećaj sreće stanovnika, što zahtijeva mjerenje<br />
kvalitete života i sreće kao važnih faktora blagostanja. U sklopu »ekonomije<br />
sreće«, koja se bavi istraživanjem povezanosti ekonomskih ishoda i<br />
ukupnog zadovoljstva života društva, razvijaju se alternativne mjere napretka<br />
i razvoja poput Indeksa sreće planeta, koji se u velikoj mjeri oslanja<br />
upravo na sreću kao važnu odrednicu blagostanja i mjeru progresa uz<br />
poštivanje održivog razvoja. Indeks na svjetskoj razini kombinira okoliš i<br />
zadovoljstvo kako bi se izmjerila ekološka djelotvornost, uzimajući u obzir<br />
indikatore očekivanog životnog zadovoljstva, životnog vijeka te ekološki<br />
tragovi. Prema podacima za 2012. godinu Hrvatska zbog značajnog ekološkog<br />
otiska (4,2) među 151 zemljom zauzima tek 82. mjesto, daleko iza<br />
najsretnijih zemalja poput Kostarike, Vijetnama i Kolumbije.<br />
ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS, OR HAPPYNOMICS<br />
The level of development has traditionally been equalised to the degree<br />
of economic growth measured solely by virtue of traditional monetary<br />
tools, such as GDP. However, the prosperity of any given country is affected<br />
not only by tangible factors, but also by self-assessed satisfaction<br />
and happiness of its citizens; therefore, the quality-of-life and the degree of<br />
self-assessed happiness, posing as significant indicators of one’s wellbeing,<br />
should be measured as well. Within the frame of the “economics of happiness”,<br />
or “happynomics”, which investigates the relationship of economic<br />
outcomes and overall social satisfaction, alternative measures of progress<br />
and development have been implemented, such as the Happy Planet Index,<br />
largely leaning upon happiness as an important determinant of one’s wellbeing<br />
and posing as an important indicator of progress, showing thereby<br />
due respect towards sustainable development. Applied on a global scale,<br />
the Index represents a combined indicator that takes into account both environmental<br />
and self-assessed satisfaction aspects. It has been used to the ef-<br />
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