Once called the "dismal science," economics now offers prescriptions for improving people's happiness. In this book Richard Easterlin, the "father of happiness economics," draws on a half-century of his own research and that conducted by fellow economists and psychologists to answer in plain...

In a series of conversational essays, this textbook discusses the manner in which economic thought addresses a broad array of everyday issues beyond classical textbook treatments. In the spirit of popular economics books, the author uncovers economic issues and solutions from individuals,...

"We present a theory of corporate campaigns in which activists use campaigns as a means of harming a firm's reputation in hope of motivating it to increase its private regulation - corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities aimed at reducing negative externalities or other forms of social...