The pursuit of happiness : an economy of well-being
- Title
- The pursuit of happiness : an economy of well-being / Carol Graham.
- Published by
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2011.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- vii, 164 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- 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.
- Series statement
- A Brookings focus book
- Uniform title
- Brookings focus books.
- Alternative title
- Economy of well-being
- Subject
- Contents
- Happiness : a new science -- What we mean by happiness : a "theory" of agency and well-being -- Happiness around the world : what we know -- Adaptation and other puzzles -- GNH versus GNP?
- Call number
- JFD 16-2086
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Author
- Graham, Carol, 1962-
- Title
- The pursuit of happiness : an economy of well-being / Carol Graham.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2011.
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Series
- A Brookings focus book
- Brookings focus books.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- LCCN
- 2011020418
- ISBN
- 9780815721277 (cloth ; alk. paper)
- 0815721277 (cloth ; alk. paper)
- Research call number
- JFD 16-2086