Measuring happiness: (Record no. 12226)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780262529761 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | IN-BhIIT |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 306 |
| Book number | WEI/M |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Weimann, Joachim |
| Relator term | Author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Measuring happiness: |
| Sub Title | the economics of well-being / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Joachim Weimann [et al.]. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Cambridge : |
| Name of publisher | MIT Press, |
| Year of publication | 2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | x, 212p. : |
| Dimensions(size) | 23 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Include index and reference |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The authors examine the evolution of happiness research, considering the famous "Easterlin Paradox," which found that people's average life satisfaction didn't seem to depend on their income. But they question whether happiness research can measure what needs to be measured. Can money buy happinessIs income a reliable measure for life satisfactionIn the West after World War II, happiness seemed inextricably connected to prosperity. Beginning in the 1960s, however, other values began to gain ground: peace, political participation, civil rights, environmentalism. 'Happiness economics' a somewhat incongruous-sounding branch of what has been called 'the dismal science' has taken up the puzzle of what makes people happy, conducting elaborate surveys in which people are asked to quantify their satisfaction with 'life in general'. In this book, three economists explore the happiness-prosperity connection, investigating how economists measure life satisfaction and well-being. The authors examine the evolution of happiness research, considering the famous 'Easterlin Paradox', which found that people's average life satisfaction didn't seem to depend on their income. But they question whether happiness research can measure what needs to be measured. They argue that we should not assess people's well-being on a 'happiness scale', because that necessarily obscures true social progress. Instead, rising income should be understood as increasing opportunities and alleviating scarcity. Economic growth helps societies to sustain freedom and to finance social welfare programs. In this respect, high income may not buy happiness with life in general, but it gives individuals the opportunity to be healthier, better educated, better clothed, and better fed, to live longer, and to live well.-- An investigation of the happiness-prosperity connection and whether economists can measure well-being. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Happiness- Economic aspects |
| Topical Term | Wealth- Psychological aspects |
| Topical Term | Economics- Psychological aspects |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Knabe, Andreas |
| Relator term | Contributor |
| Personal name | Schob, Ronnie |
| Relator term | Contributor |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Technical Reference Book |
| Koha issues (borrowed), all copies | 3 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Not withdrawn | Not Lost | not damaged | SHSSM | Central Library, IIT Bhubaneswar | Central Library, IIT Bhubaneswar | 04/07/2022 | 50 | 1131.15 | 306 WEI/M | 10137 | 1549.52 | 04/07/2022 | Technical Reference Book |