経済学と幸福 Economics and Happiness : Framing the Analysis

Bruni, Luigino (EDT)/ Porta, Pier Luigi (EDT)

Oxford University Press（2007/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 384 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780199215232
• DDC分類 330.01

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2006. While the economic perspective is central, the focus here is on economics and happiness rather than the economics of happiness.

Full Description

This book is the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive overview of the burgeoning field of happiness and economics. The essays collected in this book provide an authoritative and comprehensive assessment of the theoretical, applied and partly experimental aspects of the whole field and discusses the economic, sociological, philosophical, and psychological contributions to the field. The book breaks new ground, particularly on the more recent directions of research on happiness, well-being, interpersonal relations and reciprocity. The meaning of happiness is thoroughly explored and the tension between various definitions is discussed.

The volume opens with Richard Easterlin's own assessment of the main issues. Other authors include Robert H. Frank, Robert Sugden, Bruno S. Frey, Alois Stutzer, Richard Layard, Martha C. Nussbaum, Matt Matravers, Bernard M.S, van Praag, Oded Stark, You Q. Wang, Ruut Veenhoven, Charlotte Phelps, Stefano Zamagni, and Luigi Pasinetti.

Contents

Introduction ; 1. Building a Better Theory of Well-Being ; 2. Does Absolute Income Matter? ; 3. Correspondence of Sentiments ; 4. Testing Theories of Happiness ; 5. Rethinking Public Economics ; 6. Mill Between Aristotle and Bentham ; 7. Happiness and Political Philosophy ; 8. The Connection Between Old and New Approaches to Financial Satisfaction ; 9. Towards a Theory of Self-Segregation as a Response to Relative Deprivation ; 10. Happiness in Hardship ; 11. Happiness and Individualism ; 12. The Evolution of Caring ; 13. Paradoxes of Happiness in Economics