Amidst rising global inequality, migration, climate change, health pandemics, and deepening poverty, it is time to redirect our economy towards more sustainable and socially just processes and outcomes.

In 'Wellbeing Economics' Nicky Pouw puts forward a new framework that places human wellbeing at the centre, instead of economic growth. She postulates ten reasons why economics should change to remain a relevant discipline and develops a Wellbeing Economic Matrix (WEM) to implement this approach. In doing so, it is one of the first economics books that 'rethinks the economy' from head to tail.

About the Author
Nicky Pouw is associate professor in the Economics of Wellbeing at the Governance and Inclusive Development group at the University of Amsterdam. She is author of Introduction to Gender and Wellbeing in Microeconomics (2017) and co-editor of The Wellbeing of Women in Entrepreneurship. A Global Perspective (2019).

Reviews
"a refreshing and insightful read for all those interested in a new form of doing economics, who will certainly find very important elements for such a project in this book"
Nuno Ornelas Martins in The Journal of Development Studies



Book Information
ISBN 9789463723855
Author Nicky Pouw
Format Paperback
Page Count 172
Imprint Amsterdam University Press
Publisher Amsterdam University Press