Gabriel Leite Mota
@galemo.bsky.social
Professor of economics. Specialized on the economics of happiness. Humanist. Beyond GDP champion.
August 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A crónica completa aqui:
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#felicidade #happiness #economia #economics #economiadafelicidade #economicsofhappiness #finland #whr
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#felicidade #happiness #economia #economics #economiadafelicidade #economicsofhappiness #finland #whr
June 18, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A crónica completa aqui:
visao.pt/opiniao/da-e...
#felicidade #happiness #economia #economics #economiadafelicidade #economicsofhappiness #finland #whr
visao.pt/opiniao/da-e...
#felicidade #happiness #economia #economics #economiadafelicidade #economicsofhappiness #finland #whr
Participei no programa Consulta Pública onde se debateu a actual situação política nacional e onde tive a oportunidade de dar a visão da economia da felicidade sobre a economia e a saúde nestes tempos desafiantes. Obrigado à Ana Sofia Freitas pela moderação e pelo convite.
www.rtp.pt/play/p10093/...
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Consulta Pública
O resultado das eleições, a saúde e a economia - A vitória da AD sem maioria, a queda do PS, o avanço do Chega e o otimismo do PR na estabilidade
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May 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Participei no programa Consulta Pública onde se debateu a actual situação política nacional e onde tive a oportunidade de dar a visão da economia da felicidade sobre a economia e a saúde nestes tempos desafiantes. Obrigado à Ana Sofia Freitas pela moderação e pelo convite.
www.rtp.pt/play/p10093/...
www.rtp.pt/play/p10093/...
📢 Glad to share my newest publication: a chapter on the springer peer-reviewed edited book "Transitioning to a Circular Economy" with the article "Using the happiness framework as a catalyst for the green transition".
📖 Hope you find it useful!
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
📖 Hope you find it useful!
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Using the Happiness Framework as a Catalyst for the Green Transition
This chapter argues that the usage of the happiness framework is a way to overcome some of the dilemmas of the green transition. It explains how society’s focus on GDP as the metric of progress ...
link.springer.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
📢 Glad to share my newest publication: a chapter on the springer peer-reviewed edited book "Transitioning to a Circular Economy" with the article "Using the happiness framework as a catalyst for the green transition".
📖 Hope you find it useful!
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
📖 Hope you find it useful!
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
It was a pleasure to participate as a speaker at the seminar "Mental Health at the workplace - productivity and happiness", organized by the São João da Madeira municipality. I shared stage with Gaspar Ferreira from the Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses.
Thanks Irene Guimarães, for the invitation.
Thanks Irene Guimarães, for the invitation.
March 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It was a pleasure to participate as a speaker at the seminar "Mental Health at the workplace - productivity and happiness", organized by the São João da Madeira municipality. I shared stage with Gaspar Ferreira from the Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses.
Thanks Irene Guimarães, for the invitation.
Thanks Irene Guimarães, for the invitation.
A packed room gathered to hear a talk on the economics of happiness as a solution to our worldly problems.
Deeply grateful to ISPUP and Ana Henriques, for the kind invitation.
It’s always a pleasure to share insights from the happiness literature!
#happiness #economics #economicsofhappiness
Deeply grateful to ISPUP and Ana Henriques, for the kind invitation.
It’s always a pleasure to share insights from the happiness literature!
#happiness #economics #economicsofhappiness
January 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A packed room gathered to hear a talk on the economics of happiness as a solution to our worldly problems.
Deeply grateful to ISPUP and Ana Henriques, for the kind invitation.
It’s always a pleasure to share insights from the happiness literature!
#happiness #economics #economicsofhappiness
Deeply grateful to ISPUP and Ana Henriques, for the kind invitation.
It’s always a pleasure to share insights from the happiness literature!
#happiness #economics #economicsofhappiness
All who study the economics of happiness are indebted to Easterlin and have a duty to carry forward his work.
I have fond memories of his retirement party at the University of Southern California, which I had the privilege of attending.
In this op-ed I celebrate his legacy.
visao.pt/opiniao/da-e...
I have fond memories of his retirement party at the University of Southern California, which I had the privilege of attending.
In this op-ed I celebrate his legacy.
visao.pt/opiniao/da-e...
Visão | Easterlin está morto. Vida longa a Easterlin!
O final do ano de 2024 ficou marcado, na comunidade internacional da economia da felicidade, pelo falecimento de Richard Easterlin, o economista norte-americano conhecido como o “pai da economia da fe...
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January 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
All who study the economics of happiness are indebted to Easterlin and have a duty to carry forward his work.
I have fond memories of his retirement party at the University of Southern California, which I had the privilege of attending.
In this op-ed I celebrate his legacy.
visao.pt/opiniao/da-e...
I have fond memories of his retirement party at the University of Southern California, which I had the privilege of attending.
In this op-ed I celebrate his legacy.
visao.pt/opiniao/da-e...
December 20, 2024 at 3:29 PM
I'm very glad to share that the second paper coming from the doctoral research of my PhD student Margarida Casau (which I co-supervise with Marta Ferreira Dias) has just been published at "Environment, Development and Sustainability". Feel free to read and cite ;)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Economics, happiness and climate change: exploring new measures of progress - Environment, Development and Sustainability
This research explores the relationship between environmental sustainability, well-being, and economic output, specifically critiquing the predominant reliance on GDP as the main progress indicator. T...
link.springer.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:59 PM
I'm very glad to share that the second paper coming from the doctoral research of my PhD student Margarida Casau (which I co-supervise with Marta Ferreira Dias) has just been published at "Environment, Development and Sustainability". Feel free to read and cite ;)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I'm very glad to share that the second paper coming from the doctoral research of my PhD student Margarida Casau (which I co-supervise with Marta Ferreira Dias) has just been published at "Environment, Development and Sustainability". Feel free to read and cite ;)
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
Economics, happiness and climate change: exploring new measures of progress
link.springer.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:18 AM
I'm very glad to share that the second paper coming from the doctoral research of my PhD student Margarida Casau (which I co-supervise with Marta Ferreira Dias) has just been published at "Environment, Development and Sustainability". Feel free to read and cite ;)
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
economics_politics_happiness Foi um gosto ter dinamizado o workshop "Da Economia da Felicidade às Organizações Felizes", na FEP, uma iniciativa da
@mentoria_uporto.
Uma sessão cheia e participativa!
@mentoria_uporto.
Uma sessão cheia e participativa!
November 24, 2024 at 5:22 PM
economics_politics_happiness Foi um gosto ter dinamizado o workshop "Da Economia da Felicidade às Organizações Felizes", na FEP, uma iniciativa da
@mentoria_uporto.
Uma sessão cheia e participativa!
@mentoria_uporto.
Uma sessão cheia e participativa!
Fui entrevistado pelo jornal Região de Leiria no seu suplemento Guia do Empresário, a propósito da Economia da Felicidade. Volto a falar sobre a importância de termos indicadores de progresso além do PIB. #economicsofhappiness #economiadafelicidade #economics #happiness
November 23, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Fui entrevistado pelo jornal Região de Leiria no seu suplemento Guia do Empresário, a propósito da Economia da Felicidade. Volto a falar sobre a importância de termos indicadores de progresso além do PIB. #economicsofhappiness #economiadafelicidade #economics #happiness
"há coisas que são boas para nós enquanto consumidores, mas más enquanto produtores: ter um centro comercial ou hipermercado aberto ao domingo é óptimo do ponto de vista do consumidor, é mau do ponto de vista de quem está a produzir"
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Visão | O consumidor-produtor e a felicidade
Todos nós, somos simultaneamente consumidores e produtores. Mais, passamos muito mais tempo das nossas vidas a produzir do que a consumir. E se o sistema está calibrado para ir de encontro às vontades...
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November 15, 2024 at 10:38 AM
"há coisas que são boas para nós enquanto consumidores, mas más enquanto produtores: ter um centro comercial ou hipermercado aberto ao domingo é óptimo do ponto de vista do consumidor, é mau do ponto de vista de quem está a produzir"
visao.pt/opiniao/da-e...
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Reposted by Gabriel Leite Mota
“A campanha para as eleições nos EUA serviu apenas para sublinhar (...) que o X é uma plataforma tóxica e que Elon Musk tem conseguido utilizar a sua influência para moldar o discurso político”
The Guardian sai do X. “Conteúdo perturbador promovido pela plataforma” na base da decisão
“A campanha para as eleições nos EUA serviu apenas para sublinhar (...) que o X é uma plataforma tóxica e que Elon Musk tem conseguido utilizar a sua influência para moldar o discurso político”.
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November 13, 2024 at 1:07 PM
“A campanha para as eleições nos EUA serviu apenas para sublinhar (...) que o X é uma plataforma tóxica e que Elon Musk tem conseguido utilizar a sua influência para moldar o discurso político”
My PhD student Margarida Casau just published a paper coming from her doctoral research on climate change and the economics of happiness. It is being a pleasure co-authoring her work together with supervisor Marta Ferreira Dias. More to come 😉
Paper available at cgscholar.com/.../the-econ....
Paper available at cgscholar.com/.../the-econ....
November 13, 2024 at 4:34 PM
My PhD student Margarida Casau just published a paper coming from her doctoral research on climate change and the economics of happiness. It is being a pleasure co-authoring her work together with supervisor Marta Ferreira Dias. More to come 😉
Paper available at cgscholar.com/.../the-econ....
Paper available at cgscholar.com/.../the-econ....