Happiness : a revolution in economics / Bruno S Frey and others
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TextSeries: Munich lectures in economicsPublication details: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2008Description: xiii, 240p, 22cmISBN: - 9780262062770
- 330.01 FRE
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In Happiness, emphasizing empirical evidence rather than theoretical conjectures, author substantiates these three revolutionary claims for happiness research.After tracing the major developments of happiness research in economics and demonstrating that we have gained important new insights into how income, unemployment, inflation, and income demonstration affect well-being, Frey examines such wide-ranging topics as democracy and federalism, self-employment and volunteer work, marriage, terrorism, and watching television from the new perspective of happiness research. Turning to policy implications, Frey describes how government can provide the conditions for people to achieve well-being, arguing that a crucial role is played by adequate political institutions and decentralized decision making.
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