In pursuit : of happiness and good government / Charles Murray.
2013
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Ebrary electronic monographs.
Title
In pursuit : of happiness and good government / Charles Murray.
Imprint
Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 2013.
Description
1 online resource (329 pages) : illustration
Formatted Contents Note
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".
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".
Note
Reprint edition, originally published in New York by Simon & Schuster, 1988.
Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-295) and index.
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Description based on print version record.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Murray, Charles A. In pursuit : of happiness and good government. Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 2013 xvi, 306 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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English
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9781614879084 e-book
9780865978430
9780865978430
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