Notebook per
Political Economy of Happiness
Citation (APA): Caplan, B. (2016). Political Economy of Happiness [Kindle Android version]. Retrieved from Amazon.com
Parte introduttiva
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Political Economy of Happiness By Bryan Caplan
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Loewenstein � s challenge: � How could anybody study happiness and not find himself leaning left
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PROVOCAZIONE
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boosting the living standards of those already comfortable, such as through lower taxes, does little to improve their levels of well-being, whereas raising the living standards of the impoverished makes an enormous difference.
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SONO I POVERI CE CONTANO
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Finding #1: Most poor people are happy!
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POVERI E FELICI
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Finding #2: Objective material well-being has relatively little effect on happiness compared to marriage quality, subjective job satisfaction,
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BENI MATERIALI MATRIMONIO LAVORO
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Finding #3: People have fairly fixed � hedonic set-points. � � Changes in external circumstances usually only have temporary effects on happiness.
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FIXED
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E.g. studies of lottery winners
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LOTTERIE
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Finding #4: Gratitude matters. � People who appreciate what they have � instead of complaining about how other people have more or took advantage of them � are happier.
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PIAGNISTEO
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E.g. Alesina et al find that inequality reduces happiness in Europe;
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ALESINA
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Finding #5: Employment matters a lot more than income for happiness.
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LAVORO E REDDITO
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Finding #6: Absolute poverty � the kind you see outside the First World - does make people unhappy. � So preventing absolutely poor foreigners from immigrating because they might � undermine the welfare state � that protects relatively poor natives is demented happiness policy.
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POVERTÀ ASSOLUTA E IMMIGRAZIONE
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Finding #7: Religion and marriage increase happiness. � Do leftist happiness researchers want the government to encourage religion and marriage?
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RELIGIONE R MATRIMONIO
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Finding #8: Communism creates lasting misery, even adjusting for income.
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COMUNISMO
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Some happiness researchers use their results to argue for government intervention on the grounds that people have misconceptions
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PATERNALISMO
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happier making their own mistakes than being pushed around for their own good.
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OB2: CONTROLLO E FELICITÀ
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Under democracy, there is a simpler objection: If people have misconceptions about happiness, why should we expect policy to improve
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OB2: LA DEMOCRAZIA NN MIGLIORA
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voters have weak incentives to overcome their misconceptions, and politicians have strong incentives to cater to voters � misconceptions.
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OB3: PUBLIC CHOICE
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Main happiness benefit of economic growth has been eliminating extreme poverty and increasing population.
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CRESCITA
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The main thing rich countries can do to increase the number of people who do not live in extreme poverty is allow more immigration.
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IMMIGRAZIONE
