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Happiness economics from 35,000 feet
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The economics of happiness is an expanding field, with a growing number of applied papers reporting empirical associations between happiness and other variables as discussed by the authors, and a broad view of the topic, aiming to provide an outline of the literature in relation to happiness economics' origins, definitions, theory, methods, applications, critiques, relations with other areas of economic research, political and policy connections and promising directions for future inquiry.Abstract:
The economics of happiness, or subjective well being, is an expanding field, with a growing number of applied papers reporting empirical associations between happiness and other variables. This paper takes a broad view of the topic, aiming to provide an outline of the literature in relation to happiness economics' origins, definitions, theory, methods, applications, critiques, relations with other areas of economic research, political and policy connections, and promising directions for future inquiry.read more
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Happiness is greater in natural environments
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between momentary subjective wellbeing (SWB) and individuals' immediate environment within the UK was explored, finding that on average, participants are significantly happier outdoors in all green or natural habitat types than they are in urban environments.
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Stumbling on Happiness
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Life satisfaction and air quality in Europe
Susana Ferreira,Alpaslan Akay,Finbarr Brereton,Juncal Cunado,Peter Martinsson,Mirko Moro,Tine Ningal +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the relationship between air quality and subjective well-being in Europe and found a robust negative impact of SO2 concentrations on self-reported life satisfaction.
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Development as Freedom
TL;DR: In this paper, Amartya Sen quotes the eighteenth century poet William Cowper on freedom: Freedom has a thousand charms to show, That slaves howe'er contented, never know.
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“Bowling Alone: America’s Declining Social Capital”
TL;DR: Putnam as discussed by the authors showed that crucial factors such as social trust are eroding rapidly in the United States and offered some possible explanations for this erosion and concluded that the work needed to consider these possibilities more fully.
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Bowling alone, america's declining of social capital
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia
TL;DR: In Anarchy, State, and Utopia as discussed by the authors, Nozick argues that the state is justified only when it is severely limited to the narrow function of protection against force, theft and fraud and to the enforcement of contracts.