Economics and happiness : framing the analysis
This book is the first of its kind to provide an overview of the relationship between economics and happiness. Including contributions from those who helped to establish this growing field, this interdisciplinary volume is destined to become a necessary reference for students and academics alike.
Print Book, English, 2007
1st ed., 2005. 1st ed. in paperback, 2007 View all formats and editions
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007
xii, 366 p. ; 24 cm
9780199215232, 9780199286287, 0199215235, 0199286280
638727346
Introduction ; 1. Building a Better Theory of Well-Being ; 2. Does Absolute Income Matter? ; 3. Correspondence of Sentiments ; 4. Testing Theories of Happiness ; 5. Rethinking Public Economics ; 6. Mill Between Aristotle and Bentham ; 7. Happiness and Political Philosophy ; 8. The Connection Between Old and New Approaches to Financial Satisfaction ; 9. Towards a Theory of Self-Segregation as a Response to Relative Deprivation ; 10. Happiness in Hardship ; 11. Happiness and Individualism ; 12. The Evolution of Caring ; 13. Paradoxes of Happiness in Economics
This book is the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive overview of the burgeoning field of happiness and economics. The essays collected in this book provide an authoritative and comprehensive assessment of the theoretical, applied and partly experimental aspects of the whole field and discusses the economic, sociological, philosophical, and psychological contributions to the field. The book breaks new ground, particularly on the more recent directions ... etc