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Happiness around the world : the paradox of happy peasants and miserable millionaires / Carol Graham.

Graham, Carol, 1962-
2009
305.5 G738h 2009
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Title
Happiness around the world : the paradox of happy peasants and miserable millionaires / Carol Graham.
Author
Graham, Carol, 1962-
ISBN
9780199549054 (alk. paper)
0199549052 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 249 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
305.5 G738h 2009
System Control No.
(OCoLC)435730803
(OCoLC)435730803
Summary
This text reviews the theory and concepts of happiness, explaining how these concepts underpin a line of research which is both an attempt to understand the determinants of happiness and a tool for understanding the effects of a host of phenomena on human well being.
Note
This text reviews the theory and concepts of happiness, explaining how these concepts underpin a line of research which is both an attempt to understand the determinants of happiness and a tool for understanding the effects of a host of phenomena on human well being.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-240) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The economics of happiness
The happiness and income debate: substance, methodology, and the Easterlin paradox
The determinants of happiness around the world
Does happiness matter?
Happiness and health across countries and cultures
Economic growth, crises, inequality, and more
Adapting to good and bad fortune: how friends, freedom, crime, and corruption affect happiness
Happiness around the world: lessons, and questions, for policy.
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