Review: Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
Nutzerbericht - Kate McCarthy - GoodreadsThe writing isn't that interesting or done particularly well, like an attempt to simplify academia for the common man, with mediocre results. First part overviews research in the economics of ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
Nutzerbericht - Rubina - GoodreadsWe all want money or to get richer, so why is it that today when the income of societies have increased, people are still not happy or even umhappier than before. Richard Layard, an economist, tries to answer this with countless pieces of scientific research. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
Nutzerbericht - Sophie Moss - GoodreadsRead this for an Open University Pschology module, really thought provoking Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
Nutzerbericht - Patrick Carroll - GoodreadsI liked this book, granted you can argue against some of the extrapolations but generally a good arguement for applying some different approaches to society. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
Nutzerbericht - Brian - GoodreadsThis book was pretty interesting. Layard is an economist and he talks about how it would seem better for nations to use a measure of happiness as a marker of progress rather than gross national ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
Nutzerbericht - Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance - GoodreadsLayard poses a question: Why is it that income is up yet happiness has not risen? He examines many studies of happiness for answers to this question. He wants our economic system and political system ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Happiness: Lessons From A New Science
Nutzerbericht - Alex - GoodreadsWhat oft was thought, but oft expressed better too. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
Nutzerbericht - Benjamin - GoodreadsIt shows how a society can be productive and healthy in how it opperates Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
Nutzerbericht - Heather - GoodreadsI really liked this book. I have read several books on happiness lately and thought this one really made some good points. As an economist, Layard argues that we should be paying more attention to ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
Nutzerbericht - Laura Tortorelli - GoodreadsWritten very simplistically, but definitely raised and addressed questions that are relevant to my mind as I take the final turns into adulthood. Vollständige Rezension lesen
