The microeconomics of wellbeing and sustainability : : recasting the economic process / Leonardo Becchetti, Luigino Bruni, Stefano Zamagni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Becchetti, Leonardo, author.

Bruni, Luigi, 1946- author.

Zamagni, Stefano, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical economics--Social aspects.

Medical economics.

Well-being--Economic aspects.

Well-being.

Sustainability--Health aspects.

Sustainability.

Sustainability--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (528 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Academic Press, [2020]

Summary:

The Microeconomics of Wellbeing and Sustainability: Recasting the Economic Process explores the civil economy tradition in economic thought. Gaining increasing consensus worldwide, this alternative--not heterodox -view of the economic process and agents explains how modern economics is placing increasing emphasis on the determinants of subjective wellbeing and environmental sustainability. With support from behavioral economics, this book makes a foundational contribution that will help users better understand and prepare for future economic challenges. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Economics: what it studies, with what methods, and how it evolved

2. The market

3. The theory of consumption

4. The theory of production decisions

5. Perfectly competitive markets

6. Non-competitive markets and elements of game theory

7. New theories of the firm

8. The utilitarian view of welfare economics

9. The theory of Homo reciprocans

10. Not just for profit: civil enterprises and values-based organizations

11. Corporate social responsibility

12. Happiness, relational good, and social progress

13. Growth and the environment in the era of globalization.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780128162927

0128162929

OCLC:

1125327319