Review of "Blubberland: The Dangers of Happiness" and "The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community"

Abstract

Blubberland: The Dangers of Happiness
Elizabeth Farrelly
Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2008 (219 pages)

The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community
Stephen Marglin
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2008 (376 pages)