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Mark D. White - The Illusion of Well-Being. Economic Policymaking Based on Respect and Responsiveness.  - 9781137364654 - V9781137364654
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The Illusion of Well-Being. Economic Policymaking Based on Respect and Responsiveness.

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Description for The Illusion of Well-Being. Economic Policymaking Based on Respect and Responsiveness. Hardback. This book will argue against the use of well-being to guide policymaking and in favor of a rule-oriented approach to policymaking that respects the choices of individuals. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 405.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137364654
SKU
V9781137364654
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About Mark D. White
Mark D. White is Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, USA, where he teaches courses in philosophy, economics, and law. He is the author of four books, including The Illusion of Well-Being (2014) and The Manipulation of Choice (2013), plus over forty journal articles and book chapters in the ... Read more

Reviews for The Illusion of Well-Being. Economic Policymaking Based on Respect and Responsiveness.
“The central arguments in Mark White’s book will be familiar and attractive to those inspired by the work of Friedrich Havek and James Buchanan. … White manages to touch on a wide range of topics that are of central importance to the ethics of economics, economics in ethics, and ethics out of economics. The book would be well suited as ... Read more

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