Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics)

Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics)

by Luigino Bruni (Author), Luigino Bruni (Author)

Synopsis

Economists have long laboured under the misapprehension that all humans exist as rational beings that find happiness in maximizing their personal utility. This impressive volume presents an historical review of the evolution of economic thought, from economic philosophy to contemporary mathematical economics, and its critique of how the human and social dimensions of economics have been lost in this evolutionary process.

Examining the crucial period in the late eighteenth century when economists such Smith and Genovesi tried to reconcile the classical tradition of Civil humanism emerging commercial society, this key book analyses the impact that the hedonist approach to economics had in removing the ethical conception of happiness. In addition, it focuses on the impact that J.S. Mill, Wicksteed and Pareto had in shifting methodological thinking away from an emphasis on civil happiness. Simply put, this book is essential reading for economists everywhere.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 188
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 16 Mar 2006

ISBN 10: 0415326281
ISBN 13: 9780415326285

Author Bio
Universita degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca, Italy