{"product_id":"9783030619619","title":"An Economist's Lessons on Happiness : Farewell Dismal Science! by Richard A. Easterlin","description":"Once called the \"dismal science,\" economics now?offers prescriptions for improving people's happiness. In this book Richard Easterlin, the \"father of happiness economics,\" draws on a half-century of his own research and that conducted by fellow economists and psychologists to answer in plain language questions like:?Can happiness be measured? Will?more money make me happier? What about finding a partner? Getting married? Having a baby? More exercise? Does religion help? Who is happier-women or men, young or old, rich or poor? How does happiness change as we go through different stages of life? Public policy is also in the mix: Can the government increase people's happiness??Should?the government increase their happiness? Which countries are the happiest and why? Does a country need to be rich to be happy? Does economic growth improve the human lot?  Some of the answers are surprising (no, more money won't do the trick; neither will economic growth; babies are a mixed blessing!), but they are all based on reason and well-vetted evidence from the fields of economics and psychology. In closing, Easterlin traces the genesis of the ongoing \"Happiness Revolution\" and considers its implications for people's lives down the road.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309569618293,"sku":"9783030619619","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783030619619.jpg?v=1762812391","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9783030619619","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}