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Wealth and Well-being, Economic Growth and Integral Development

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This chapter tackles a bimillennary problem in psychology, ethics, economics, and political philosophy: that of the relation between wealth and wellbeing. What are they, and should we live for pleasure, or rather seek to live a full and useful life?

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Bunge, M. (2012). Wealth and Well-being, Economic Growth and Integral Development. In: Evaluating Philosophies. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, vol 295. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4408-0_7

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