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The Economics of Happiness
The Economics of Happiness is a relatively new discipline which is trying to find an answer to the question: “What makes people happy?” Happiness is understood as “subjective well-being” which is defined simply as a feeling of satisfaction with individual’s … Continue reading
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How pure is economics?
Where do you think is the place of economists on this scale? http://xkcd.com/435/
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A “modest” intellectual discipline
We often hear jokes like these: Why did God create economists? In order to make weather forecasters look good. Economists were able to forecast 9 out of last 5 recessions. Economist is someone who will be able to explain tommorow … Continue reading
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