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" The pursuit of happiness : "
Carol Graham
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BL
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700901
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b523090
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| Main Entry
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Graham, Carol,1962-
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| Title & Author
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The pursuit of happiness : : an economy of well-being /\ Carol Graham
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, c2011
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A Brookings focus book
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vii, 164 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0815721277 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780815721277 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Happiness : a new science? -- What do we mean by happiness : toward a theory of agency and -- Well-being -- Happiness around the world : what do we know? -- Adaptation and other puzzles posed by what we know -- GNH versus GNP?
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| Abstract
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"Focuses on the role in the policymaking process of new metrics for measuring the effects on individual well-being of institutional, macroeconomic, and policy environments--for example, the effects of macroeconomic uncertainty and lack of access to health insurance--as well as the effects of factors such as commuting time, divorce, job status, and obesity"--Provided by publisher
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Economics-- Psychological aspects
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Happiness
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Quality of life
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Uncertainty
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| Dewey Classification
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330.01/9
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HB74.P8G733 2011
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