Economics1,284 following
Does economic growth always improve quality of life?
In Favor1Critical1Mixed1Unresolved1
Raised by Ouattara Bamadou14 May 20263 sources
Research paper
Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence
Richard A. Easterlin · 1974 · Academic Press
The original statement of the Easterlin paradox: within countries richer people report more happiness, yet national happiness does not rise with long-run growth.
Marginalia
Read in the margins
Highlight a passage, write beside it, and let an argument grow out of a single paragraph.
No passages highlighted yet. Be the first to mark one.
Passages saved by readers
“Raising the incomes of all does not increase the happiness of all.”
Ideas generated by this source
Propositions raised or defended with this text.
Added to the library 12 Jan 2026.