Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
The Illusion of Well-Being : Economic Policymaking Based on Respect and Responsiveness, Hardback Book

The Illusion of Well-Being : Economic Policymaking Based on Respect and Responsiveness Hardback

Hardback

Out of stock

Description

The use of measures of economic output to guide policymaking has been criticized for decades because of their weak ties to human well-being.

Recently, many scholars and politicians have called for measures of happiness or subjective well-being to be used to guide policy in people's true interests. In The Illusion of Well-Being, Mark D. White explains why using happiness as a tool for policymaking is misguided and unethical.

Happiness is too vague a term to define, and too general a concept, to measure in a way that captures people's true feelings.

He extends this critique to well-being in general and concludes that no measure of well-being can do justice to people's true interests, which are complex, multifaceted, and subjective. White suggests instead that policymaking be conducted according to respect and responsiveness, promoting the true interests of citizens while addressing their real needs, and devoting government resources to where they can do the most good.

Information

Other Formats

£89.99

Out of stock
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information