1st Edition

Economics, Religion and Happiness God, Mammon and the Search for Spiritual and Financial Wealth

By Vani Kant Borooah Copyright 2024
162 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Most books on happiness are concerned with answering, in their diverse ways, a basic question: how should I live? Such books assume, however, that the path to happiness lies entirely within one’s control. Happiness is simply a matter of doing certain things and refraining from doing certain other things. This book, however, takes a different view. It is that happiness is not always within our... Read more

List of figures

List of tables

Preface

1. Setting the Scene

2. What Makes People Happy?

3. Objective and Subjective Measures of Happiness

4. Religious Hatred and Religion-Based Violence

5. Income and Job Satisfaction

6. Prejudice

7. Conclusions

Index

Biography

Vani Kant Borooah is Emeritus Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Ulster, UK.