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The Illusion of Well-Being - Economic Policymaking Based on Respect and Responsiveness (Hardcover)
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The Illusion of Well-Being - Economic Policymaking Based on Respect and Responsiveness (Hardcover)
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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 and concludes that no measure of well-being
can do justice to people's true interests, which are complex,
multifaceted, and subjective. White suggests instead that
policymaking be conducted according to respect and responsiveness,
promoting the true interests of citizens while addressing their
real needs, and devoting government resources to where they can do
the most good.
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