The progress paradox : how life gets better while people feel worse / Gregg Easterbrook

By:

EASTERBROOK, Gregg

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004.Description: xx, 376p. ; 20cmISBN:

0-8129-7303-8

Subject(s):

Progress. Quality of life. Discontent

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 303.44 EAS

Summary: In The Progress Paradox, Gregg Easterbrook draws upon three decades of wide-ranging research and thinking to make the persuasive assertion that almost all aspects of Western life have vastly improved in the past century - and yet today, most men and women feel less happy than in previous generations. Why this is so and what we should do about it is the subject of this book.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	NFIC	303.44 EAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00005541
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	NFIC	303.44 EAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00005542

Includes index

In The Progress Paradox, Gregg Easterbrook draws upon three decades of wide-ranging research and thinking to make the persuasive assertion that almost all aspects of Western life have vastly improved in the past century - and yet today, most men and women feel less happy than in previous generations. Why this is so and what we should do about it is the subject of this book.

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