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Title: The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies by Robert E. Lane ISBN: 0-300-09106-0 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A good start to a big question
Comment: I agree with the previous reviewer that this book doesn't have all the answers, and that Lane often spends too much time pressing the same points. That said, Lane supports his conclusions well, and presents his central message clearly. For someone without much philosophy background (i.e. me), Lane's discussion of the trinity of ultimate goods was valuable and instructive. To recently graduated students: this is book is a great reason to use your alumni library privleges.
Rating: 2
Summary: Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies
Comment: Mr. Lane attempts to tackle a serious issue of great importance to modern capitalist democracies. Certainly after long days we all wonder if the drudgery of capitalist lifestyles is worth the rewards. However, the book suffers from many analytical flaws. It attempts to find casual mechanisms resulting in unhappiness, but fails to adequately untangle the many sources of unhappiness and several times places emphasis on clearly the wrong one. The book is also extremely redundant, and could have been condensed to half its size. Lastly, many of the studies cited needed more justification and explanation. The results of the studies certainly are an adequate factual foundation to justify the facade he attempts to build. It certainly is a beginning to a discourse on a serious question, but this book does not have the answers.
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Title: Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology by Daniel Kahneman, Edward Diener, Norbert Schwarz ISBN: 0871544237 Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Publications Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Happiness and Economics: How the Economy and Institutions Affect Human Well-Being. by Bruno S. Frey, Alois Stutzer, Bruno Frey ISBN: 0691069980 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty by David G. Myers ISBN: 0300091206 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Luxury Fever by Robert H. Frank ISBN: 0691070113 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse by Gregg Easterbrook ISBN: 0679463038 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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