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| <center>[[Happiness in Economics|Home]] | [[Introduction: What is Happiness?|Introduction]] | [[US vs. Sweden]] | [[Income]] | [[Employment]] | [[Inflation|Inflation]] | [[Conclusions|Our Conclusions]]</center> | | <center>[[Happiness in Economics|Home]] | [[Introduction to Happiness]] | [[Utility]] | [[Important Economists]] | [[Richard Layard]] | [[Layard's Lectures]] | [[Sweden]]</center> |
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| What is Happiness?
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| == Simply Textbook ==
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| Most economists take it as a matter of course that higher income leads to higher happiness. And why not? A higher income expands individuals' and countries' opportunity set; that is, more goods and services can be consumed. The few people not interested in more comodities need not consume them; they have the freedom to dispose of any unwanted surplus free of charge.
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| [http://www.jstor.org/view/00220515/di021483/02p0003f/0 article, what can economists learn from happiness research?]
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| | <center> Website By: Nicky Young, Kelly McCormick, Arleigh Morgan, Duygu Orhan, and Christie Wetzel </center> |
Latest revision as of 23:54, 6 December 2007
Home | Introduction to Happiness | Utility | Important Economists | Richard Layard | Layard's Lectures | Sweden
Website By: Nicky Young, Kelly McCormick, Arleigh Morgan, Duygu Orhan, and Christie Wetzel
