The Power of Hope: How the Science of Well-Being Can Save Us from Despair - Hardcover
by Carol Graham
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691233437ISBN-10:691233438UPC:9780691233437Book Category:Business & Economics, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Economic Conditions, Economics, Public PolicyBook Topic:Economic PolicySize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCYDY2D8PJ
Why hope matters as a metric of economic and social well-being
In a society marked by extreme inequality of income and opportunity, why should economists care about how people feel? The truth is that feelings of well-being are critical metrics that predict future life outcomes. In this timely and innovative account, economist Carol Graham argues for the importance of hope--little studied in...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691233437ISBN-10:691233438UPC:9780691233437Book Category:Business & Economics, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Economic Conditions, Economics, Public PolicyBook Topic:Economic PolicySize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCYDY2D8PJ
Carol Graham is the interim vice president and director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution and College Park Professor at the University of Maryland. She is the author of Happiness around the World: The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires; The Pursuit of Happiness: An Economy of Well-Being; Happiness for All? Unequal Hopes and Lives in Pursuit of the American Dream...
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