{"product_id":"wellbeing-and-growth-in-advanced-economies-9781032149073","title":"Wellbeing and Growth in Advanced Economies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEconomic growth is generally regarded by governments and most ordinary people as a panacea for all problems, including issues caused by the COVID pandemic. But this raises an important question: is further growth in advanced economies able to increase well-being once people's basic subsistence needs are met? Some advanced market economies, e.g. the United States, have exhibited a decline in well-being, both subjectively and objectively measured, over several decades despite seeing economic growth during the same period. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides an original and comprehensive explanation: economic growth, as driven by market forces, induces people, through both the demand- and supply-side channels, to pursue command over more material resources, and this weakens the self-generation of capabilities, putting well-being at risk of deterioration. The book argues, with the support of a variety of evidence, that the challenge can be overcome if governments' policies and people's choices pu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Given its stated aims, the book has a very appropriate structure that helps the development and comprehension of its theses. The topics are constructed in a systematic and careful manner, and each chapter provides a very useful literature review...The book is not only valuable for scholars working in the area of happiness research, but also for a much larger readership with an interest of the current problems that modern advanced economies are facing and the possible ways to tackle them.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStavros A. Drakopoulos, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Economic Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Summary Prologue Chapter 1. Economic growth and people’s well-being in advanced countries Chapter 2. Human development and well-being Chapter 3. Why growth in market economies can deteriorate human development and well-being Chapter 4. Economic growth and human development: which priority in the post-pandemic era? Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018866360663,"sku":"9781032149073","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032149073.jpg?v=1750778445","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wellbeing-and-growth-in-advanced-economies-9781032149073","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}