The Happiness Industry

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The Happiness Industry: How Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being

Author	William Davies
Language	English
Subject	Psychology, Opposition to Positive Psychology, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology
Published	2015
Publisher	Verso Books
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback)
Pages	314

The Happiness Industry: How Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being is a 2015 book written by William Davies, in which the author proposes that the contemporary notions of happiness and well-being are being warped by the forces of numerous governmental and business institutions to transform happiness, as a concept, into something that promotes consumption.