Title: Happiness and hardship
First published: 2001
Description: "In Happiness and Hardship, Carol Graham and Stefano Pettinato argue that the political sustainability of market-oriented growth is determined as much by relative income levels and trends as by absolute ones, as much by opportunity and mobility over time as by current distribution patterns. They believe that subjective assessments of, and expectations for, economic progress importantly affect individual responses to economic incentives and attitudes to market policies.".

"This book provides a new conceptual framework for analyzing the relationship between subjective well-being, or happiness, and the political sustainability of market-oriented growth in countries where markets are newly emerging."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Income distribution, Economic development, Happiness, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Income distribution, Psychological aspects of Economic development, Free Enterprise, Latin America, Business/Economics, Business & Economics, Business / Economics / Finance, Economics - Theory, Development - Economic Development, Macroeconomics, Sociology, Social Studies, Economic Conditions, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Repartition, Bonheur, Revenu, Aspect psychologique, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Structural Adjustment, Business Development, Public Policy, Development, General, Developpement economique, Economic Policy, Government & Business, Répartition, Economie politique, Développement économique, Bonheur (morale), United states, economic conditions, 1981-2001, Economics, Pension trusts
Places: Latin America
LC classification: HC'79'I5'G684'2002