The pursuit of happiness [electronic resource] : an economy of well-being / Carol Graham.
2011
HB74.P8 G733 2011eb
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Title
The pursuit of happiness [electronic resource] : an economy of well-being / Carol Graham.
Author
Graham, Carol, 1962-
ISBN
9780815721284 (electronic bk.)
9780815721277
9780815721277
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (vii, 164 p.) : ill.
Call Number
HB74.P8 G733 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
330.01/9
Summary
"Focuses on the role in the policymaking process of new metrics for measuring the effects on individual well-being of institutional, macroeconomic, and policy environments--for example, the effects of macroeconomic uncertainty and lack of access to health insurance--as well as the effects of factors such as commuting time, divorce, job status, and obesity"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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A Brookings focus book
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Pursuit of happiness.
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Table of Contents
Happiness : a new science
What we mean by happiness : a "theory" of agency and well-being
Happiness around the world : what we know
Adaptation and other puzzles
GNH versus GNP?
What we mean by happiness : a "theory" of agency and well-being
Happiness around the world : what we know
Adaptation and other puzzles
GNH versus GNP?