The Happiness Factor
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/198212
this is a VERY interesting article I read today in the Toronto Star...well written. i recommend it a read when you have some time...it's a bit long, but well worth it.
the article talks about the attempts of economists and other academics to quantify happiness and the challenges and criticisms that come with it. good arguments on both sides...definitely some food for thought!
here's a snippet:
Layard, a policy adviser to U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, is already calling happiness economics a "new science." Others say it's neither new nor a science.
Economist John Crispo groans at the mere mention of it.
"Economics is vague enough as it is," says the former dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Business. "How on earth do you measure happiness? What happens if you do? I'm unhappy about taxes – what are you going to do about it?"
this is a VERY interesting article I read today in the Toronto Star...well written. i recommend it a read when you have some time...it's a bit long, but well worth it.
the article talks about the attempts of economists and other academics to quantify happiness and the challenges and criticisms that come with it. good arguments on both sides...definitely some food for thought!
here's a snippet:
Layard, a policy adviser to U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, is already calling happiness economics a "new science." Others say it's neither new nor a science.
Economist John Crispo groans at the mere mention of it.
"Economics is vague enough as it is," says the former dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Business. "How on earth do you measure happiness? What happens if you do? I'm unhappy about taxes – what are you going to do about it?"
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