Introduction

Richard Easterlin

Chapter 1 in An Economist’s Lessons on Happiness, 2021, pp 1-4 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract After decades in exile, happiness is once again a serious subject in economics. A new field that studies and analyzes newly accumulating data on people’s feelings of well-being, the economics of happiness, is emerging. This book draws on findings in happiness economics to answer questions like “How do you measure happiness?”, “How can I increase my happiness?”, “Can the government increase people’s happiness?”, “What happens to happiness as I get older?”, “Who are happier, women or men?”, “Why are some countries happier than others?”, “Does democracy add to happiness?”, and many more.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-61962-6_1

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