Measuring happiness : the economics of well-being /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Weimann, Joachim, 1956- author.
Uniform title:	Geld macht doch glücklich. English
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2015]
Description:	1 online resource (x, 212 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Quality of life -- Economic aspects. Well-being -- Economic aspects. Happiness -- Economic aspects. Money -- Psychological aspects. Wealth -- Psychological aspects. Economics -- Psychological aspects. Economics -- Psychological aspects. Happiness -- Economic aspects. Money -- Psychological aspects. Wealth -- Psychological aspects. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11305863

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Other authors / contributors:	Knabe, Andreas, author. Schöb, Ronnie, author.
ISBN:	9780262323710 0262323710 9780262028448 0262028441 9780262323727 0262323729 0262529769 9780262529761
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Text in English. Print version record.
Summary:	An investigation of the happiness-prosperity connection and whether economists can measure well-being.
Other form:	Print version: Weimann, Joachim, 1956- Geld macht doch glücklich. English. Measuring happiness 9780262028448
Publisher's no.:	MWT11715606

Table of Contents:

The economics of happiness and its most important results. The end of materialism?
Economists' way of thinking : "more is better than less"
The Easterlin attack
If money doesn't make us happy, what then?
The economic determinants of happiness
What is to be done if money doesn't make us happy?
What is happiness research telling us? Are we measuring correctly?
How much truth is there in the Easterlin Paradox?
Unemployed and happy?!
The importance of relative position
Conclusion.

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