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The pursuit of happiness : an economy of well-being / Carol Graham.
Lippincott Library HB74.P8 G733 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graham, Carol, 1962-
- Series:
- Brookings focus books
- A Brookings focus book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics--Psychological aspects.
- Happiness.
- Quality of life.
- Uncertainty.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 164 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- In The Pursuit of Happiness, economist Carol Graham explores what we know about the determinants of happiness and clearly presents both the promise and the potential pitfalls of injecting the "economics of happiness" into public policymaking. While the book spotlights the innovative contributions of happiness research to the dismal science, it also raises a cautionary note about the issues that still need to be addressed before policymakers can make best use of them. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Happiness: A New Science 1
- 2 What We Mean by Happiness: A "Theory" of Agency and Weil-Being 27
- 3 Happiness around the World: What We Know 62
- 4 Adaptation and Other Puzzles 81
- 5 GNH versus GNP? 106.
- Notes:
- Previously published in hardcover, copyright 2011; includes new preface.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-151) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0815724047
- 9780815724049
- OCLC:
- 810257389
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