Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective

by Luigino Bruni

Book Overview

Economists have long laboured under the misapprehension that all humans exist as rational beings that find happiness in maximizing their personal utility. This impressive volume presents an historical review of the evolution of economic thought, from economic philosophy to contemporary mathematical economics, and its critique of how the human and social dimensions of economics have been lost in this evolutionary process.

Examining the crucial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415326281
• ISBN13: 9780415326285
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"