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100 1 $aHo, Lok-sang,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe psychology and economics of happiness :$blove, life and positive living /$cLok Sang Ho.
264 1 $aHove, East Sussex :$bRoutledge,$c[2014]
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300 $a1 online resource (xvii, 131 pages)
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505 0 $aCover; The Psychology and Economics of Happiness; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword 1; Foreword 2; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction to the economics of life; 2. Love and the economics of love; 3. The role of culture in household production; 4. Mental capital and habit formation, with a digression to spiritual capital; 5. The happiness formula; 6. Marriage, mental capital and happiness; 7. More on mental goods: self-actualisation versus vanity; 8. Insight; 9. Fortitude; 10. Engagement: living with a purpose.
505 8 $a11. Three happinesses and transcendental happiness; 12. Avoiding regrets and coming to terms with past errors; 13. Avoiding worries and coming to terms with an uncertain future and negative emotions; 14. The paradox of choice: more choices and more sophisticated products need not translate into greater happiness; 15. The holistic perspective on life, successful living and happiness; 16. Epilogue; References; Index.
520 $aMuch attention has been given to the economics of everyday life, which typically applies economic principles to the analysis of the different choices that people face under different situations. Yet there are hardly any books on the economics of life-an economics that takes the finite lifespan as the starting point and that looks at how one can maximize the subjective value from life given the constraint of the limited lifespan. In this volume, Lok Sang Ho suggests that the lack of progress in happiness among developed countries despite significant economic growth is due to a deficit of ""ment
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