Happiness: Lessons From The New Science - Hardcover

Layard, Richard; Layard, P. R. G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594200394 ISBN 13: 9781594200397

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2005

Synopsis

Draws on a range of scientific research in such fields as psychology, sociology, and applied economics that reveals how everyday people are no happier than they were fifty years ago in spite of higher wages, in a study that seeks to define happiness while identifying its causes and the means that are available to everyday individuals to pursue and acquire happiness. 40,000 first printing.

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Review:

Unorthodox, devastatingly straightforward and more provocative of actual thought than 90% of books said to be "thought-provoking". If happiness isn't a political issue, what's the point of politics? (Andrew Marr)

A remarkable book ... which effectively trashes the claim of economics to guide policy for a good society ... read it, and take heart (Simon Caulkin Observer)

Fascinating ... argues that we should make happiness, not growth, the object of our economic policies (John Kay Financial Times)

About the Author:

Richard Layard is one of Britain's best-known economists and a leading world expert on unemployment and inequality. He runs Europe's leading economics research center within the London School of Economics. He worked for the British government as an economic adviser from 1997 to 2001, and in 2000 he became a member of the House of Lords. He is the author of a number of academic books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1594200394
• ISBN 13: 9781594200397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 310