Site doesn't load content w/o JS enabled (or some other BS.)<p>ORT (Only Read Title)<p>No: economy doesn't have glands.<p>However, consider, can <i>cells</i> feel joy? Everything we do is done by cells: we see because the cells in our eyes can see, we digest because our cells digest, we move because our cells move, we think because our cells think, and so on...<p>If we allow a an analogy (however imperfect) between cells and the body, and between people and their civ/society/economy, then it seems to me that, yes, you can measure or quantify a given civ by the joy of its members.<p>Bhutan actually formally collects and analyzes data to form a Gross National Happiness index (as contrasted with the GNP metric), and attempts to use this as feedback for their government.