Happiness a revolution in economics /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
c2008.
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| Series: | Munich lectures in economics
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10227003 |
Table of Contents:
- Series foreword
- Preface
- Major developments
- Research on happiness
- The relationship of happiness to utility
- How income affects happiness
- How unemployment affects happiness
- How inflation and inequality affect happiness
- Pushing ahead
- The public sphere
- Self-employment and voluntary work
- Marriage and happiness
- Watching television
- Procedural utility
- Mispredicting utility
- The value of public goods
- Policy consequences
- Happiness policies
- Happiness and political institutions
- A revolution in economics
- References
- Index.