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Greve,Bent.Happiness.Abingdon,Oxon:Routledge,2012.Print.

BentGreveisDanishnationalitywhowasborninFrederiksberg,Denmark.
HestudiedatCopenhagenUniversity,thenreceivedhisMAinEconomics.
GrevewentontogethisPh.D.inPublicAdministrationfromRoskilde
University.HewasHeadoftheSecretariatattheDanishUnionof
Journalistsfor3years.Recentlyhewastheleaderresearchgroupon
welfare,diversity,andsocialcohesion.Hehasnearly300publicationstohis
name.
Thisisasecondarysource:Thisbookfocusesonhappinessandthe
importanceofachievingit.Eventhoughhappinessisbasedonindividual
situations,understandingtheconceptisessentialforformingpoliciesin
modernsocieties.Ittalksabouthowhappinesscanenhanceourknowledge
ofmodernsociety.Also,amainpointishowpowerfulhappinessreallyis.
ThisbookrelatestomytopicbecauseIamtryingtobetteranswerand
understandthequestionof,Doesmaterialismhaveapositiveaffectonlife
satisfactionandhappiness?Happinessisoneofthemostimportantthings
inlife,sotofigureouthowtoachievelifelonghappinessisbasically
everything.Ifweachievehappinessourlivesbecomemorefun,
rewarding,andcomfortable.Happinesscomesfromavarietyofthings.
REFLECTION:
Thisbookfocusesontheissueofhappiness.Iwillusethisinmyessayto
helpbettermyunderstandingofwhathappinessissoitwillhelpexplainif
happinesscomesfrommaterialismornot.Theideasoutlinedinthisarticle
appeartobenotableinformationandnotjusttheauthorspersonalopinion.
Thisarticleprovidesmorethanjustageneraloverviewofhappiness,butfor
mypurposeIonlyneededthegeneraloverview.Thisseemstobewrittenfor
ageneralaudiencewhowantstolearnabouthappinessandgainmore
knowledgeaboutwhathappinessreallyis.Itdidnotchangemythinkingon
thistopicbecauseitdoesntdirectlyanswermyquestion,itjusthelpedme
gainabetterunderstandingofwhathappinessis.

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