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A new perspective on life satisfaction and well-being over the life courseWhat makes people happy? The Origins of Happiness seeks to revolutionize how we think about human priorities and to promote public policy changes that are based on what really matters to people. Drawing on a range of evidence using large-scale data from various countries, the authors consider the key factors that affect human well-being, including income, education, employment, family conflict, health, childcare, and crime. The Origins of Happiness offers a groundbreaking new vision for how we might become more healthy, happy, and whole.

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"Les peuples heureux n'ont pas d'histoire". La citation est peut-être trop connue, elle n'en conserve pas moins tout son intérêt car, lorsque Georges Pompidou s'exprima en ces termes, il figea par la même occasion une part de ce que la mémoire collective conserve de son septennat tronqué. Sans doute en aurait-il conçu une légitime fierté et également serait-il interloqué par certaines lectures contestataires et à charge faites désormais de cette période. Les historiens, censés donc, selon ses souhaits, ne pas avoir trop de travail avec cette période, se trouvent désormais placés au contraire devant l'exploration de ce qui semblait aller de soi. L'empirisme et le subjectivisme du questionnement s'effacent devant l'identification d'indicateurs dits "sérieux". En la matière, l'histoire des représentations s'adosse au chapitre d'une solide histoire des modernités matérielles. Il reste que l'on ne tombe pas amoureux d'une croissance économique et que le bonheur national n'est pas que la somme de vies heureuses égoïstes et insouciantes... L'analyse de la place laissée par un Président, certes en majesté, mais discret et non intrusif, permet de réinterpréter les canons d'un bonheur privé susceptible d'être ressenti par chaque citoyen. Ce dont la France pompidolienne hérite, ce qu'elle porte de neuf, de durable, ce qu'elle rend plus accessible et ce qu'elle va léguer par la suite, voilà les perspectives que ce livre entend explorer au cours d'une réflexion collective nourrie par la confrontation avec des acteurs."--Page 4 of cover

Happiness --- Pompidou, Georges, - 1911-1974 --- France

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Well-being --- Happiness --- Emotions --- Interpersonal relations

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The scientific study of 'wellbeing' involves both objective and subjective variables. While objective wellbeing can be simply measured as tangible aspects of the living environment, measuring subjective wellbeing involves quantifying self-reported feelings. Although reliable and valid measures can be achieved, in a cross-cultural context differences in language and culture present formidable challenges to measurement comparability. This Element begins by describing the behaviour of subjective wellbeing in single cultures, using the theory of homeostasis. Robert A. Cummins then discusses cross-cultural differences in subjective wellbeing, with a focus on measurement invariance as a means of ensuring the validity of comparative results. Cummins proposes that the major barrier to creating such comparability of measurement is a pervasive response bias that differs between cultures. He concludes that current instruments are inadequate to provide valid cross-cultural measures of subjective wellbeing, and that suitable measures may be created as short forms of current scales.

Quality of life. --- Well-being. --- Quality of life --- Well-being --- Research. --- Well-being - Cross-cultural studies --- Happiness - Cross-cultural studies --- Well-being - Research - Methodology --- Happiness - Research - Methodology --- Happiness

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Economists investigate the workings of markets and tend to set ethical questions aside. Theologians often dismiss economics, losing insights into the influence of market incentives on individual behavior. Mary L. Hirschfeld bridges this gap by showing how a humane economy can lead to the good life as outlined in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Economics --- Thomism. --- Happiness --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Religious aspects. --- Thomas,