Pathways to happiness are tools for policy makers seeking the secure the right to the pursuit of happiness. This tool addresses the aspect of satisfaction with work that is due to a sense of autonomy. Other policies to address other areas can be found at http://www.happycounts.org/happiness-policies.html

1. Pathways to Happiness
for work
in terms of
autonomy

2. Pathways to Happiness are ways
to improve working conditions
and enhance sense of
autonomy

3. Our
scores in
the
domain of
work
indicate
we are
overall
somewhat
satisfied
100= happiest

4. Overall, we
have agree
that we can
decide how
to get our job
done.
a score between 40- 60 means we feel indifferently, between 60-80 means we feel we have a sense of autonomy, and over 80 means
we have a strong sense of autonomy.

5. 2Courageous
Policies

6. Encourage Cooperative Corporate
Formation
Cooperatives are formed, owned and managed by the workers. Workers are the
members.
Cooperatives are governed by the members.
Workers share profits based on member’s hours worked or other measure.

7. Resources for Encouraging Cooperative
Corporate Formation
Formation Information:
Cooperative; Starting & Managing Cooperative – Small Business Administration
https://www.rd.usda.gov/files/CIR45-14.pdf
Choice of Entity by Co-op Law.org
http://www.co-oplaw.org/governance-operations/entity/
Basics of Forming and Maintaining Cooperatives in Maryland
https://www.peoples-law.org/basics-forming-and-maintaining-cooperatives-maryland
Cooperative Filing Forms:
Cooperative Corporations – Oregon Secretary of State
http://sos.oregon.gov/business/Pages/cooperative-corporations-forms.aspx
Cooperative Code – California Legislative Information
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CORP&sectionNum=12200

8. Use of Blockchain & formation of
regulations to encourage development
and safety
Blockchains designed to provide secure, free & decentralized access to the internet
that the user has ultimate control over. Allowing use of the internet for not only
communication and information but also for exchange purposes, cutting out
intermediaries (like banks).
Blockchains take the technology of Bitcoins and expands it to everything. It is
designed to be fail proof and hack proof.
Where intermediaries are cut out, costs to operate and access to assets and
resources expands.

9. Resources for Blockchain
White Paper:
Blockchain Technology: Beyond Bitcoin by Crosby, Nachiappan, Pattanaya, Verma
and Kalyanaraman
http://scet.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/BlockchainPaper.pdf
Example government use:
New Tech on the Block: Dubai’s Blockchain Strategy and Why it Matters by A.
Fawcett
http://www.tamimi.com/en/magazine/law-update/section-15/march-10/new-tech-on-the-block-dubais-blockchain-strategy-and-why-it-
matters.html
Ukraine to use blockchain technology in curtailing corruption when selling government
assets by L. Parker
https://bravenewcoin.com/news/ukraine-to-use-blockchain-technology-in-curtailing-corruption-when-selling-government-assets/

10. What’s it going to take?

11. Seeing and action on our full
potential
Seeing life as a gift and seeking to know and realize
your full potential.
Regarding all people as deserving to have equitable
access to meeting needs, from basic to higher needs.

12. Collaboration, Cooperation and Generativity
above Greed, Self-promotion and Hierarchy
Value system flip from individual to others, taking to
giving, and bootstraping to working together

13. Other policies in the Pathways to Happiness tool series
Campaign finance reform
Guaranteed basic income
Media reform
Massive public transportation
Local food reliance
Village living (cities and rural)
Multi-use zoning
Public spaces
Political festivals
Participatory governance
Participatory budgeting
Anti-corruption policies
Transparency in government
Compassion training for police
Community-based monitoring
Sousveillance
Vote holiday
Department of Neighborhoods
Volunteer programs
Conservation Easements
Expansion of Parks
Adult & Kid Park Programs
Parent Support Program
Self-Discovery Programs
Job Placement Programs
Urban Growth Boundary Ordinances
Urban Stream Daylighting
Green and Living building ordinances
Solar and Green Energy Development
Investing in Engagement in Community
Centers and Parks
Ordinances to Encourage and Reward
Urban Agriculture
Comprehensive Plans for Walkable Cities &
Towns
Encourage and Support Street Vendors
Bike Friendly Cities & Towns
Increase and Preserve Green Cover
Reintroduce Progressive Taxation
Encouraging For-Benefit Companies
Promotion of Circular Economies
Promotion of Cooperative Corporate
formation
Use of Blockchain & policy to support it
Promote Worker Councils
Vacation laws
Family & Sick leave laws
Flex time and job share laws
Telecommuting policies
Babies at work policies
Intergenerational care
Same Sex Marriage Laws
Public child care
Age-friendly cities
Loneliness awareness campaign
Heritage Programs
Rural Colleges
Arts & Culture Policy
Lifelong Learning Programs
War on Adult illiteracy
Low Cost & Tuition Free College
Mindfulness practice in schools
Social justice awareness raising
Mental health –priority counseling
Part time worker choice protection
Compassionate Charter & Games
Ban on Advertising to Children
Elimination of Food Deserts
Zero Waste Restaurant and Supermarket
Limits on Rates Charged by Credit Card
Companies
College Loan Forgiveness
Savings Tax Incentives for Low and Middle
Income
Promoting and Providing Personal
Holidays
Raise Awareness About the Importance of
Sleep

14. We envision a world where all beings can thrive.
Can you envision it too?
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