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The Happiness Equation - by Nick Powdthavee (Paperback)

The Happiness Equation - by  Nick Powdthavee (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Compelling research meets a unique, well-written study on our greatest emotion and how we value it.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This intelligent and entertaining book shows how the scientific study of happiness is changing the field of economics--and the world!--Daniel Gilbert, professor of psychology, Harvard University, and author of <i>Stumbling on Happiness</i></p><p>An adventure to one of the new frontiers of knowledge, this book is a masterful blend of personal experience, contemporary culture, and social science.--Richard Easterlin, professor of economics, University of Southern California</p><p>Everybody wants to be happy. But how much happiness will each life choice bring? Should I get married? Am I going to feel good in that new job? Is seeing friends worth more than a Ferrari? How can we decide not only which choice is better for us, but how much better?</p><p><i>The Happiness Equation</i> reveals the cutting-edge new science of happiness economics for the first time and explains, quantifiably, how and why some things matter more to our happiness than others.</p><p><b>Nick Powdthavee</b> is a behavioral economist at the department of economics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Nick Powdthavee: Dr Nick Powdthavee is a behavioural economist at the Department of Economics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. <p/>www.powdthavee.co.uk <p/>

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