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Broadening the Scope of Economic History: How Happiness Has Changed over the Long Period and its Relationship with Economics

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  • Emanuele Felice

    (Università “G. D’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara)

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The essay reviews the changing relationship between economic conditions and the ideas of happiness over the long period, from hunter-gatherers to the present age. It argues that cultural aspects, in their interplay with social conditions and institutions, are crucial for understanding the rise of the modern world, and it proposes an interpretative schema within which to explain the origins of capitalism and the Industrial Revolution. On this basis, the article calls for closer integration between economics and economic history, on the one hand, and psychology, ethics and politics on the other: it is vital to gain better understanding not only of the past but also of our times, given the widening gap between technological progress and ethics.

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  • Emanuele Felice, 2019. "Broadening the Scope of Economic History: How Happiness Has Changed over the Long Period and its Relationship with Economics," Annals of the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi. An Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics, History and Political Science, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Torino (Italy), vol. 53(2), pages 173-192, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:fle:journl:v:53:y:2019:i:2:p:173-192
    DOI: 10.26331/1089
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    Keywords

    Happiness; Enlightenment; Modern Economic Growth; Total History;
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    JEL classification:

    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • B15 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
    • N00 - Economic History - - General - - - General

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