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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Utilitarian thinkers hold happiness to be real and objective.
Chapter 3: We’re constantly told that money is the best sign of happiness.
Chapter 4: Contemporary market research delves into behavioral analysis to make us spend more.
Chapter 5: Governments and companies invest in health care to boost our productivity.
Chapter 6: Marketers exploit social relationships to their advantage.
Chapter 7: Our hyperconnected world allows businesses to monitor our happiness.
Description
What makes you smile, laugh or feel like skipping down the street? Teams of professional psychologists, neuroscientists, marketers, economists and your boss all want to know. Why? So they can make sure you are a productive employee who buys lots of stuff! The Happiness Industry (2015) takes an in-depth look at how our happiness is studied, measured, and profited from – often without our knowledge or consent.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone interested in the role of happiness in modern society
- Readers who wonder how happiness works in the human brain
- People concerned about increasing invasions of privacy online