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Subject(s)

• Economics—Psychological aspects [Browse]
• Happiness—Economic aspects [Browse]
• Well-being [Browse]
• Economics—History [Browse]

Series

Routledge studies in the history of economics 81. [More in this series]

Summary note

Economists have long labored under the misapprehension that all humans exist as rational beings that find happiness in maximizing their personal utility. This impressive volume presents an historical review of the evolution of economic thought, from economic philosophy to contemporary mathematical economics, and its critique of how the human and social dimensions of economics have been lost in this evolutionary process. Essential reading for economists everywhere.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-163) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Happiness, again
• Explanations of the Easterlin paradox
• From the "Civil" to the "Uncivil" animal
• Public Happiness
• Genovesi, and the Neapolitan School of Civil Economy
• Happiness as Reciprocity
• Adam Smith
• The Cambdridge Civil Tradition
• Happiness Becomes pleasure
• The Solipsistic Foundations of Contemporary Economics
• Conclusion: what can we Learn from the Civil Happiness tradition?

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ISBN

• 0415326281 (hb)
• 9780415326285 (hb)
• 9780203488119(ebk.)
• 0203488113 (ebk.)
• 9780203488119 (ebk.)

LCCN

^^2005024108

OCLC

61303471

RCP

H - S

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