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A measure of happiness

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Philosophers since Aristotle have puzzled over the meaning of happiness. Tony Reichhardt asks what scientists, psychologists and economists can bring to the topic. Are we any closer to being able to quantify joy?

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  • Tony Reichhardt, 2006. "A measure of happiness," Nature, Nature, vol. 444(7118), pages 418-419, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:444:y:2006:i:7118:d:10.1038_444418a
    DOI: 10.1038/444418a
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    1. Wolpert, David H., 2010. "Why income comparison is rational," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 69(2), pages 458-474, July.
    2. Didier Sornette, 2007. "Nurturing Breakthroughs: Lessons from Complexity Theory," Papers 0706.1839, arXiv.org.
    3. D. Sornette, 2008. "Nurturing breakthroughs: lessons from complexity theory," Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Springer;Society for Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents, vol. 3(2), pages 165-181, December.
    4. Yiwan Ye & Xiaoling Shu, 2022. "Lonely in a Crowd: Cohort Size and Happiness in the United Kingdom," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 23(5), pages 2235-2257, June.

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