TY  - BOOK
AU  - Layard,P.Richard G.
TI  - Happiness: lessons from a new science 
SN  - 1594200394
AV  - BJ 1481 L426h 2005
U1  - 170 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Press
KW  - Happiness
KW  - Felicidad
KW  - Primera Jornada de Catalogacion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-297) and index; What's the problem? --  What is happiness? --  Are we getting happier? --  If you're so rich, why aren't you happy? --  So what does make us happy? --  What's going wrong? --  Can we pursue a common good? --  The Greatest Happiness: is that the goal? --  Does economics have a clue? --  How can we tame the rat race? --  Can we afford to be secure? --  Can mind control mood? --  Do drugs help? --  Conclusions for today's world
N2  - "If we really want to be happier, what should we do differently? First we'd have to understand what conditions generate actual happiness, and then we would bend all our efforts to establish them. That is what this book is about - the causes of happiness and the means we have to affect it." "Until recently there was too little evidence to give good answers on this essential issue, but now, thanks to the integrated insights of psychology, neuroscience, sociology and applied economics, the distinguished economist Richard Layard shows us that we can reach some firm conclusions about the causes of happiness - conclusions that will surprise you. Happiness is an illuminating road map, grounded in hard research, pointing the way to a better, happier life for us all."--BOOK JACKET
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