AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. WELLBEING AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT / PHILIP BOOTH, EDITOR

... And the pursuit of happiness: wellbeing and the role of government / edited by Philip Booth; foreword by Mark Littlewood. London, The Institute of Economic Affairs, 2012. 247 p. 20 cm. Tapa blanda

Contiene: Introduction / Philip Booth. The folly of wellbeing in public policy / Paul Ormerod. Subjective welldoing, income, economic development and growth / Daniel W. Sacks, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers. Are more equal countries happier? / Christophr Snowdon. Wellbeing at work : any lessons? / J. R. Shackleton. Wellbeing and the size of government / Christian Bjornskov. Th unbearable lightness of happiness policy / Marc de Vos. Lessons from Austrian and public choice eonomics for the happiness debate / Peter J. Boettke, Christopher J. Coyne. Happiness is not within the government´s remit: the philosophical flaw in happiness economics / Pedro Schwartz