The Power of Hope: How the Science of Well-Being Can Save Us from Despair

by Carol Graham

Book Overview

Why hope matters as a metric of economic and social well-being

In a society marked by extreme inequality of income and opportunity, why should economists care about how people feel? The truth is that feelings of well-being are critical metrics that predict future life outcomes. In this timely and innovative account, economist Carol Graham argues for the importance of hope--little studied in economics at present--as an independent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691233438
• ISBN13: 9780691233437
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"