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The Hidden Wealth of Nations

ISBN: 978-0-7456-4802-6
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280 pages
December 2009, Polity
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  • The author was a central fi gure in Tony Blair's Strategy Unit and therefore has fi rst-hand experience of developing and implementing government policy
  • Halpern examines the idea that richer nations are happier not because wealth brings happiness, but because societies where people have learnt to get along with one another are good for both growth and well-being
  • This book sets out what governments and communities can do to oil the working of a shadow economy - ‘the economy of regard' - where most of us spend the majority of our lives and time, but where government policy has little to say
  • This book will be of great interest to students of politics and public policy, to policy makers and to anyone concerned with what governments can do to improve the lives of citizens

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