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Happiness: Lessons from a New Science

Happiness: Lessons from a New Science

Richard Layard

Most people want more income. Yet as societies become richer, they do not become happier. We have sophisticated ways of measuring how happy people are. All the evidence shows that on an average, people have grown no happier. It is true of Britain, Japan, and other countries. This book shows that there is a paradox at the heart of our lives.
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In this landmark book, Richard Layard shows that there is a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most people want more income. Yet as societies become richer, they do not become happier. This is not just anecdotally true, it is the story told by countless pieces of scientific research. We now have sophisticated ways of measuring how happy people are, and all the evidence shows that on average people have grown no happier in the last fifty years, even as average incomes have more than doubled. In fact, the First World has more depression, more alcoholism and more crime than fifty years ago. This paradox is true of Britain, the United States, continental Europe, and Japan. What is going on?

Product Description

Title - Happiness: Lessons from a New Science

Edition -

Author - Richard Layard

ISBN 13 - 9780141016900

Imprint - Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher - Penguin Books Ltd

Date Published - 06/04/2006

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No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 18mm

Weight - 239 g

Languages - English