The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being by William Davies

The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being

William Davies

320 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In winter 2014, a Tibetan monk lectured the world leaders gathered at Davos on the importance of Happiness. The recent DSM-5, the manual of all diagnosable mental illnesses, for the first time included shyness and grief as treatable diseases. Happ...

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