Screen LibraryMeasuring happiness : the economics of well-being /
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| Group Author: | ; |
| Published: |
MIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English German |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780262028448 (hardcover : alkaline paper) : 0262028441 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | HN25 |
| CLC: | F061.4 |
| Call Number: | F061.4/W422 |
| Contents: | The economics of happiness and its most important results. The end of materialism? -- Economists' way of thinking : "more is better than less" -- The Easterlin attack -- If money doesn't make us happy, what then? -- The economic determinants of happiness -- What is to be done if money doesn't make us happy? -- What is happiness research telling us? -- Are we measuring correctly? -- How much truth is there in the Easterlin Paradox? -- Unemployed and happy?! -- The importance of relative position -- Conclusion. |