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Against Happiness: A Critical Appraisal of the Use of Measures of Happiness for Evaluating Progress in Development

Frances StewartOxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 293-307 | Published online: 06 May 2014

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