An Economist's Lessons on Happiness
Farewell Dismal Science!
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…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-030-61961-9
- EAN: 9783030619619
- Produktnummer: 35883506
- Verlag: Springer International Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 200 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.1 cm 312 g
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2021
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 312
Über den Autor
Richard A. Easterlin is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a former president of the Population Association of America, Economic History Association and Western Economic Association International.
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