9781032371351-1032371358-Economics, Religion and Happiness (Routledge Studies in Development Economics)

Economics, Religion and Happiness (Routledge Studies in Development Economics)

ISBN-13: 9781032371351
ISBN-10: 1032371358
Edition: 1
Author: Vani Kant Borooah
Publication date: 2023
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Hardcover 162 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781032371351
ISBN-10: 1032371358
Edition: 1
Author: Vani Kant Borooah
Publication date: 2023
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Hardcover 162 pages

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Economics, Religion and Happiness (Routledge Studies in Development Economics) (ISBN-13: 9781032371351 and ISBN-10: 1032371358), written by authors Vani Kant Borooah, was published by Routledge in 2023. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Economics, Religion and Happiness (Routledge Studies in Development Economics) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $17.78.

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Most books on happiness are concerned with answering, in their diverse ways, a basic question: how should I live? Such books assume, however, that the path to happiness lies entirely within one's control. Happiness is simply a matter of doing certain things and refraining from doing certain other things. This book, however, takes a different view. It is that happiness is not always within our control but, instead, prey to the attitudes and actions of others. Following Jean-Paul Sartre's aphorism, "hell is other people", the broad theme of this book is that "unhappiness is other people".

In the language of economics, "other" people, through their attitudes and actions, create externalities - often negative - which serve to make "us" unhappy. The instruments for creating such externalities are intolerance and feelings of envy/superiority. This book expands on this theme in respect of three areas: religion, money, and prejudice. It is fair to say the existing (un)happiness literature, particularly in economics, does not take many of these externalities into account. Instead, the focus is, firstly, on identifying the factors, internal to oneself, that contribute to personal happiness and, secondly, on measuring the relative strength of their contribution. By contrast, an analysis of the externalities that people impose upon others lies at the heart of this book.

Economics, Religion and Happiness will primarily appeal to students, academics and researchers across economics, psychology, philosophy, and sociology, and will also find an audience among those interested in exploring issues related to happiness in greater depth.

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