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Measuring Happiness

the Economics of Well-being
Jan 05, 20161aa rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A somewhat dryly written book explaining recent happiness research from the perspective of economists, at least since Easterlin in the mid-1970's. Most of the explanation is clear, although there are too few graphs and most are not well explained. The appendix is long, and not well organized. Sometimes there are incoherent statements that one can only chalk up to translation errors, like this one (pg.49): "The worst time in the life of a divorcee is before the divorce. Announcing that one will soon be divorced is enough to lead to an immediate improvement in life satisfaction"