Beyond GDP: happiness is about more than just individuals

Claire Wallace

Beyond GDP: happiness is about more than just individuals

Sociology

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Abstract

Many readers of this piece will be aware that economists are rethinking the role of happiness and GDP. They question facile assumptions about economic growth alone being good for us. What’s the good of being better off if it doesn’t make people any happier? There has also been a vast literature in psychology looking at individual well-being and its determinants. If money doesn’t make us happy, what does?

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publisher	The Conversation UK
Publication status	Published - 5 Nov 2014

Keywords

Happiness
Economics
Growth
Well being
Beyond GDP

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Beyond GDP: happiness is about more than just individuals

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