In: Routledge frontiers of political economy 142
Despite decades of empirical happiness research, there is still little evidence for the positive effect of economic growth on life satisfaction. This poses a major challenge to welfare economic theory and to normative conceptions of socio-economic development. This book endeavours to explain these findings and to make sense of their ethical implications
In: Routledge frontiers of political economy Volume 142
1. Introduction -- 2. The evidence on happiness -- 3. Relative income and happiness -- 4. Happiness and ethics -- 5. Happiness and good development -- 6. Happiness-oriented societal development under the premise of democracy -- 7. Orientation for a knowledgeable world.
Englisch
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
9780415584043, 9780415746014, 9780203828472
xvii, 185 Seiten
First issued in paperback
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