Can We Be Happier? Evidence and ethics Richard Layard
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Most people now realise that economic growth, however desirable, will not solve all our problems. Instead, we need a philosophy and a science which encompasses a much fuller range of human need and experience.
Labour economist Richard Layard of the London School of Economics argues that the goal for a society must be the greatest possible all round happiness. Discover how each of us can become more effective creators of happiness, both as citizens and in our own organisations.
Richard, the author of Can We Be Happier?, will provide hard evidence that increasing happiness is the right aim, and that it can be achieved.
Richard Wilkinson Lecture for The Equality Trust
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About the speaker
Professor Richard Layard is Founder and former Director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, and Programme Co-Director - Wellbeing. He is the author of the ground-breaking Happiness: Lessons from a New Science (2005), which has been published in 19 languages, and (with David Clark) Thrive: The Power of Psychological Therapies (2014). He is co-editor (with John Helliwell and Jeffrey Sachs) of the annual World Happiness Report, and has been instrumental in the development of improving access to psychological therapies in the UK.
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About the Richard Wilkinson Lectures
Since 2017 The Equality Trust has held an annual Richard Wilkinson Lecture. The purpose of these lectures is to disseminate the latest research on socio-economic inequalities from world-renowned expert academics and practitioners in the field. These events increase public engagement about inequality and encourage attendees to join the movement to tackle inequality in the UK and beyond.
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