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Happiness : lessons from a new science / Richard Layard.

Layard, Richard, 1934-
2006
BJ1481 .L28 2006
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Title
Happiness : lessons from a new science / Richard Layard.
Author
Layard, Richard, 1934-
ISBN
9780143037019 (pbk.)
0143037013 (pbk.)
Published
New York : Penguin, 2006.
Language
English
Description
ix, 310 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Call Number
BJ1481 .L28 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
170
Summary
Integrates insights gleaned from psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and applied economics to draw surprising conclusions about the true caauses of happiness and the means we have to effect it.
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Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2005.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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What's the problem?
What is happiness?
Are we getting happier?
If you're so rich, why aren't you happy?
So what does make us happy?
What's going wrong?
Can we pursue a common good?
The greatest happiness : is that the goal?
Does economics have a clue?
How can we tame the rat race?
Can we afford to be secure?
Can mind control mood?
Do drugs help?
Conclusions for today's world.

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