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In pursuit

Murray, Charles A.

In pursuit of happiness and good government / [electronic resource] : Charles Murray. - Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, Inc., 2013. - 1 online resource (xvi, 306 pages :) illustration ;

Reprint edition, originally published in New York by Simon & Schuster, 1988.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-295) and index.

Measuring success in social policy -- Coming to terms with happiness -- Enabling conditions and thresholds -- Material resources -- Safety -- Dignity, self-esteem, and self-respect -- Enjoyment, self-actualization, and intrinsic rewards -- Policy and an idea of man -- Asking a new question, getting new answers: evaluating results -- Asking a new question, getting new answers: designing solutions -- Searching for solutions that work: changing the metaphor -- Little platoons -- "To close the circle of our felicities".

9781614879084 1614879087


Happiness.


United States--Social policy--1980-1993.


Electronic books.

HN65 / .M87 2013

361.6/10973