success in terms of the position it has gained in economic research and teaching is undeniable, a look at one of the most … thriving recent areas of economics, happiness research, will reveal that some of its fundamental lessons are all too often …

Much recent research in economics focuses on exploring behavioral anomalies, i.e., systematic deviations from the … micro-economic theory on the level of individuals. Since economics is a social science, this article proposes that the next … great number of aspects to be analyzed. The paper presents fragments of what could become a more extensive field of research. …