{"product_id":"and-the-pursuit-of-happiness","title":"... And the Pursuit of Happiness","description":"In spite of general reductions in government spending, the prime minister has found room in the government's budget to spend money on a major survey of what makes the British people happy. This will be used, in the prime minister's own words, to guide government policy towards improvements in general well-being rather than improvements in national income. But is it really true that government policy has always been orientated towards maximising GDP? Is it true that well-being does not increase as income increases? Is it true that more equal societies are happier societies? Can we really improve well-being through workplace legislation? Is it right to orientate government policy towards the single aim of increasing aggregate well-being across society as. a whole? These questions and many more are tackled by some of the leading intellectuals in the field. Overall, this monograph provides a substantial challenge to those who want to put the explicit pursuit of well-being at the heart of government policy.","brand":"Institute of Economic Affairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54263177019736,"sku":"9780255366564","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780255366564_652180bc-732e-4c41-ba60-d0ff6420adbb.jpg?v=1767886232","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/and-the-pursuit-of-happiness","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}