Happiness Around the World: The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires
- ISBN-10
- 0199606285
- ISBN-13
- 9780199606283
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01-19
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Carol Graham
Description
The book reviews the theory and concepts of happiness, explaining how these concepts underpin a line of research that is both an attempt to understand the determinants of happiness and a tool for understanding the effects of a host of phenomena on human well being.
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- 2009-12-17
- 272 pages
- Ebook
- OUP Oxford
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