Comparonomics

Why Life is Better Than You Think and How to Make it Even Better

Comparonomics
Grant J Ryan
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h216 x 140mm - 284pg
21 Feb 2022 US
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9780473594664
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You and most people around you are likely to be in the wealthiest 1% who have ever lived. Yet why, for so many people in rich countries, does progress not make us feel better? With the help of a new tool, Comparonomics delves into the factors that make us feel bad and reaches some surprising conclusions. Not only are we much better off than we - or the economists - think we are, but the things we aim for like economic growth, improved social mobility, and equality don' t impact most of the feel-bad factors. In other words, we' re feeling worse than we ought to, and we' re doing too many of the wrong things to feel better. With its surprisingly simple tool, Comparonomics shows just how wrong conventional economics is about progress, what impact this has on our lives and offers readers some strategies for making sense of our modern world.
Grant is the son of a chicken farmer who ended up a hopelessly addicted inventor. He has founded several technology companies, an open-source project to protect native species, and has worked as an advisor to the New Zealand Government. Grant has a degree in mechanical engineering and a PhD in ecological economics.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780473594664
Published: 21 Feb 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Big Idea Publishing Company
Publisher: Big Idea Publishing Company
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 331g
Pages: 284

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