Happiness: lessons from a new science

by Layard, Richard

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Title Statements

Full title :Happiness : lessons from a new science / Richard Layard.

Summary

"If we really want to be happier, what should we do differently? First we'd have to understand what conditions generate actual happiness, and then we would bend all our efforts to establish them. That is what this book is about - the causes of happiness and the means we have to affect it." "Until recently there was too little evidence to give good answers on this essential issue, but now, thanks to the integrated insights of psychology, neuroscience, sociology and applied economics, the distinguished economist Richard Layard shows us that we can reach some firm conclusions about the causes of happiness - conclusions that will surprise you. Happiness is an illuminating road map, grounded in hard research, pointing the way to a better, happier life for us all."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Penguin Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005.

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 310 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1594200394, 9781594200397, 0141016906, 9780141016900, 9780143037019, 0143037013
oclc:ocm56834341
LC Classification:BJ1481
Dewey Decimal:170

What's the problem? -- What is happiness? -- Are we getting happier? -- If you're so rich, why aren't you happy? -- So what does make us happy? -- What's going wrong? -- Can we pursue a common good? -- The Greatest Happiness: is that the goal? -- Does economics have a clue? -- How can we tame the rat race? -- Can we afford to be secure? -- Can mind control mood? -- Do drugs help? -- Conclusions for today's world.