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Happiness, Economics and Public Policy

Helen Johns (M. Sc.)Paul Ormerod

出版	Institute of Economic Affairs, 2007
主題	Business & Economics / Economics / GeneralBusiness & Economics / Economics / Social & BehavioralSelf-Help / Personal Growth / Happiness
ISBN	02553660009780255366007
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=PgwTAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

This book contains commentaries by Samuel Brittan and Melanie Powell. In Happiness, Economics and Public Policy, Helen Johns and Paul Ormerod analyse the economic research that underlies politicians' growing preoccupation with measures of 'well-being'. In a lucid and compelling analysis, written for economists and non-economists alike, the authors find that happiness research cannot be used to justify government intervention in the way its proponents suggest.Those who wish governments to take into account measures of well-being when setting policy often point to the fact that increases in income have not led to increases in measured happiness, and thus governments should concentrate on redistribution and improving the quality of life, rather than on allowing people to benefit from economic growth.