Easterlin Richard A.
Easterlin Richard A. - An Economists Lessons On Happiness Farewell Dismal Science! - Paperback
Easterlin Richard A. - An Economists Lessons On Happiness Farewell Dismal Science! - Paperback
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Description: Once called the "dismal science " economics now offers prescriptions for improving people's happiness. In this book Richard Easterlin the "father of happiness economics " draws on a half - century of his own research and that conducted by fellow economists and psychologists to answer in plain language questions like: Can happiness be measured? Will more money make me happier? What about finding a partner? Getting married? Having a baby? More exercise? Does religion help? Who is happier - women or men young or old rich or poor? How does happiness change as we go through different stages of life? Public policy is also in the mix: Can the government increase people's happiness? Should the government increase their happiness? Which countries are the happiest and why? Does a country need to be rich to be happy? Does economic growth improve the human lot? Some of the answers are surprising (no more money won't do the trick; neither will economic growth; babies are a mixed blessing!) but they are all based on reason and well - vetted evidence from the fields of economics and psychology. In closing Easterlin traces the genesis of the ongoing " Happiness Revolution" and considers its implications for people's lives down the road.
Title: An Economists Lessons On Happiness Farewell Dismal Science!
Author(s): Easterlin Richard A.
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland Ag
Barcode: 9783030619619
Pages: 179 Pages, 14 Illustrations, Color; 8 Illustrations, Black And White; Xvii, 179 P. 22 Illus., 14 Ill
Publication Date: 3/2/2021
Category: Personal & Public Health
Description: Once called the "dismal science " economics now offers prescriptions for improving people's happiness. In this book Richard Easterlin the "father of happiness economics " draws on a half - century of his own research and that conducted by fellow economists and psychologists to answer in plain language questions like: Can happiness be measured? Will more money make me happier? What about finding a partner? Getting married? Having a baby? More exercise? Does religion help? Who is happier - women or men young or old rich or poor? How does happiness change as we go through different stages of life? Public policy is also in the mix: Can the government increase people's happiness? Should the government increase their happiness? Which countries are the happiest and why? Does a country need to be rich to be happy? Does economic growth improve the human lot? Some of the answers are surprising (no more money won't do the trick; neither will economic growth; babies are a mixed blessing!) but they are all based on reason and well - vetted evidence from the fields of economics and psychology. In closing Easterlin traces the genesis of the ongoing " Happiness Revolution" and considers its implications for people's lives down the road.
Title: An Economists Lessons On Happiness Farewell Dismal Science!
Author(s): Easterlin Richard A.
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland Ag
Barcode: 9783030619619
Pages: 179 Pages, 14 Illustrations, Color; 8 Illustrations, Black And White; Xvii, 179 P. 22 Illus., 14 Ill
Publication Date: 3/2/2021
Category: Personal & Public Health
