Why Aren't We Happy?

Title: Why Aren't We Happy?

Author: R. Layard

Binding: Paperback

EAN: 9789045015040

Condition: Good

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Description:
We are much, much richer than previous generations. We have more food, clothes, cars, vacations, bigger houses, better jobs, and better health. But even though our incomes have more than doubled, we in the West are no happier than we were fifty years ago. There are now sophisticated ways to measure happiness, and countless scientific studies tell the same story. Why aren't we happy? What's really going on?
Richard Layard, professor of economics and former top advisor to the Blair government, tries to fathom this paradox. What should we do to become happy? His answers are often astonishing in their simplicity and surprisingly recognizable. With arguments that are as fascinating as they are clear, Layard offers a groundbreaking way of thinking about modern Western society and about our own lives.
'Impressive… An excellent summary of the findings of this new science.' The Wall Street Journal
'Convincing plea for placing individual happiness at the centre of economic policy.' Trouw