Happiness: Lessons from a New Science Hardcover - 2005
by Richard Layard
There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. We all want more money, but as societies become richer, they do not become happier. This is not speculation
The central question the great economist Richard Layard asks in Happiness is this: If we really wanted to be happier, what would we do differently? First we'd have to see clearly what conditions generate happiness and then bend all our efforts toward producing them. That is what this book is about-the causes of happiness and the means we have to effect it.
Until recently there was too little evidence to give a good answer to this essential question, but, Layard shows us, thanks to the integrated insights of psychology, sociology, applied economics, and other fields, we can now reach some firm conclusions, conclusions that will surprise you. Happiness is an illuminating road map, grounded in hard research, to a better, happier life for us all.
From one of the leading voices in the new field of happiness studies comes a groundbreaking statement of the case: what happiness is, exactly, and how to get more of it, as individuals and as a society
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There is a paradox at the heart of our lives.
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- Title Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
- Author Richard Layard
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 310
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Press, New York
- Date January 27, 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781594200397 / 1594200394
- Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 8.72 x 5.94 x 1.09 in (22.15 x 15.09 x 2.77 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Happiness
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004060063
- Dewey Decimal Code 170
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