Well-being and Growth in Advanced Economies: The Need to Prioritise Human Development

ISBN-13: 9781032149059 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 152 str.

Maurizio Pugno

Opis

This book asserts that 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.

Recenzje

"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." 

Stavros A. Drakopoulos, Journal of Economic Psychology

Spis treści

Introduction 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

O autorze

Maurizio Pugno (M.Phil., Cambridge, UK) is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Cassino, Italy.