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200 10$aHappiness, ethics and economics /$fJohannes Hirata
210  1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2011.
215   $a1 online resource (209 p.)
225 1 $aRoutledge frontiers of political economy ;$v142
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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311   $a0-415-58404-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
327   $aIntroduction -- The evidence on happiness -- Relative income and happiness -- Happiness and ethics -- Happiness and good development -- Happiness-oriented societal development under the premise of democracy -- Orientation for a knowledgeable world.
330   $aDespite decades of empirical happiness research, there is still little evidence for the positive effect of economic growth on life satisfaction. This poses a major challenge to welfare economic theory and to normative conceptions of socio-economic development. This book endeavours to explain these findings and to make sense of their ethical implications.While most of the existing literature on empirical happiness research is ultimately interested in understanding how to improve human lives and societal development, the ethical backdrop against which these findings are evaluate
410  0$aRoutledge frontiers of political economy ;$v142.
606   $aHappiness$xEconomic aspects
606   $aEconomics$xPsychological aspects
615  0$aHappiness$xEconomic aspects.
615  0$aEconomics$xPsychological aspects.
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906   $aBOOK
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996   $aHappiness, ethics and economics$93697650
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