This comprehensive second edition of The Elgar Companion to Social Economics presents an overview of a dynamic and … growing field in economics that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics … treats the economy and economics as being embedded in the larger web of social and ethical relationships. It also regards …

Bruno S. Frey illustrates what he perceives to be the inspirational quality of economics and how this differs from the … type of economics studied in many academic institutions. He introduces insights into economics from a psychological …pt. 1. On economics -- pt. 2. Integrating psychology -- pt. 3. Political economy …

As this comprehensive Companion demonstrates, social economics is a dynamic and growing field that emphasizes the key … role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being … embedded in the larger web of social and ethical relationships. It also regards economics and ethics as essentially connected …

What makes people happy in life? This crucial question has the potential to shake up economics. In recent years …, dissatisfaction with the understanding of welfare in economics and new opportunities for empirical study of people's subjective well … economics of happiness. Professor Frey and Professor Stutzer have selected contributions by leading scholars which offer a wide …