The Pursuit of Happiness - An Economy of Well-Being

Informationen zum Autor "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. 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)." Klappentext "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." Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Graham, Carol Graham, Carol L. Graham
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.08.2012
• EAN: 9780815724049
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-2404-9
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Brookings FOCUS Books; Brookings FOCUS Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Behavioural economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Social & Behavioral