The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth

The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth
ISBN-10
0865715963
ISBN-13
9780865715967
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2007-09-01
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Author
Mark Anielski

Description

An exploration of why our measures of economic progress do not reflect the values that make humans happy offers a new economic model, "Genuine Wealth," to redefine progress and measure the real determinants of well-being.

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