The Pursuit of Happiness

An Economy of Well-Being

Carol L. Graham (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

178 Seiten

2012
Brookings Institution (Verlag)
978-0-8157-2404-9 (ISBN)

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Explores what we know about determinants of happiness and presents potential pitfalls of injecting "economics of happiness" into public policymaking. This book spotlights contributions of happiness research to dismal science. It raises a cautionary note about issues that still need to be addressed before policymakers can make best use of them.

In The Pursuit of Happiness , renowned 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.

Carol Graham is the Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow in Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution. She is also College Park Professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy, USA. Her previous books include Happiness around the World: The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires (Oxford) and Happiness and Hardship: Opportunity and Insecurity in New Market Economies , with Stefano Pettinato (Brookings).

Reihe/Serie	Brookings FOCUS Book
Sprache	englisch
Maße	139 x 215 mm
Gewicht	213 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10	0-8157-2404-7 / 0815724047
ISBN-13	978-0-8157-2404-9 / 9780815724049
Zustand	Neuware