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Happiness – Concept, Measurement and Promotion, Yew-Kwang Ng, Springer, 2022, v + 183 pages.

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Happiness – Concept, Measurement and Promotion, Yew-Kwang Ng, Springer, 2022, v + 183 pages.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2022

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Economics & Philosophy , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , March 2023 , pp. 170 - 176
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