An economist's lessons on happiness : farewell dismal science! / Richard A. Easterlin.

By:

Easterlin, Richard A. (Richard Ainley), 1926-

Language: eng Publication details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.Description: xvii, 179 pages : illustration ; 23 cmISBN:

9783030619619
3030619613
9783030619626
3030619621

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LOC classification:

HB 74 E13e 2021

Contents:

Introduction Part I: First Lessons Measuring Happiness Does Money Make People Happy? How Does Health Affect Happiness? Family Life and Happiness How Can I Increase My Happiness? Part II: Next Lessons Can Government Increase My Happiness: Transition Countries Can Government Increase My Happiness: Nordic Countries Happiness or GDP? Part III: Q & A Who Is Happier-Young or Old? Women or Men? More on Money and Happiness What About Democracy, Religion, Charity, Volunteering, Etc.? Who to Believe? Psychology or Economics? Critiquing the Paradox Part IV: History Lessons Dawn of the Happiness Revolution Dream on, Professor!

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HB 74 E13e 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000163436

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction
Part I: First Lessons
Measuring Happiness
Does Money Make People Happy?
How Does Health Affect Happiness?
Family Life and Happiness
How Can I Increase My Happiness?
Part II: Next Lessons
Can Government Increase My Happiness: Transition Countries
Can Government Increase My Happiness: Nordic Countries
Happiness or GDP?
Part III: Q & A
Who Is Happier-Young or Old? Women or Men?
More on Money and Happiness
What About Democracy, Religion, Charity, Volunteering, Etc.?
Who to Believe? Psychology or Economics?
Critiquing the Paradox
Part IV: History Lessons
Dawn of the Happiness Revolution
Dream on, Professor!

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.

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