The pursuit of happiness : an economy of well-being /

The pursuit of happiness : an economy of well-being /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Graham, Carol, 1962-
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011.
Description:	vii, 164 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	A Brookings focus book Brookings focus books.
Subject:	Economics -- Psychological aspects. Happiness. Quality of life. Uncertainty. Economics -- Psychological aspects. Happiness. Quality of life. Uncertainty.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8401520

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ISBN:	9780815721277 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815721277 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

Table of Contents:

1. Happiness: A New Science
2. What We Mean by Happiness: A ôTheoryö of Agency and Well-Being
3. Happiness around the World: What We Know
4. Adaptation and Other Puzzles
5. GNH versus GNP?
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index