The Happy Economist: Happiness for the Hard-Headed

by Ross Gittins

A provocative look at an area few economists dare to tread--the importance of happiness Most economists are obsessed with financial and economic measures, but here the author mounts a provocative and persuasive case for happiness being the most important measure of all. Distilling the practical wisdom from many recent scientific studies of happiness by psychologists and economists, he argues that happiness is not about maintaining a forced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1741756731
• ISBN13: 9781741756739
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"