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Loading... Happiness: Lessons from a New Scienceby Richard Layard
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is politics and policy presented as management good practice, rather than ideology. I'm not sure how I feel about that. The book is well thought out: a good balance of serious science and breezy writing. There are lots of good arguments that it's hard to disagree with. But I also read an essay arguing that melancholy has an important motivating force in our lives, and I kind of agree with that too. (  ) djalchemi | Jan 24, 2008 |  Unlike "Stumbing towards Happiness" this book is actually about happiness and real studies about what makes people happy and what doesn't ($$$). I read the two together - in a sense this book defines what makes most people happy and the other book describes the why people don't do what doesn't makes them happy. I disagreed with his legislating happiness conclusions... (  ) piefuchs | Nov 4, 2006 | This is an interesting way to study happiness through the lense of economics; especially socialism. It asks us to reconsider the meaning of "enough" in terms of wealth. Some people who are very much into capitalism may not totally disagree with the author. The book is easy to read, but it feels quite dry. ( ) sillysausage | Sep 13, 2006 | Has some inspiring and fascinating insights into the nature of happiness..really got me thinking about my life. A few chapters were less interesting, so it misses four stars. ( ) rayette | Sep 6, 2006 | Measuring happiness – new results from psychology / sociology. Loss aversion, adaptation, rankings matter. Consequences for economics / policy – inc externalities in work leisure choice and progressive taxation. Good helping of Layard policy prescriptions. ( ) jmireland | Jun 14, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0143037013, Paperback)An illuminating road map—founded on groundbreaking scientific research—pointing the way to a better, happier lifeFrom a distinguished economist and leading figure in the new field of happiness studies comes this revolutionary work addressing the elusive concept of happiness and how we can have more of it. Based on sophisticated, cutting-edge scientific research, Happiness integrates insights gleaned from psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and applied economics to draw surprising conclusions about the true causes of happiness and the means we have to effect it. (Hint: It probably isn’t wealth or fame.) BACKCOVER: “Impressive . . . An excellent job of recounting the collective findings of much of this new science.” —The Wall Street Journal “His lively new book . . . will not make conventional economists happy, but it should cause all of us to reflect more deeply on what really makes life worth living.” —Robert D. Putnam, author of Bowling Alone (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:57 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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