There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most people want more income and strive for it. Yet as Western societies have got richer, their people have become no happier.
There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most people want more income and strive for it. Yet as Western societies have got richer, their people … - Richard Layard, Baron Layard
There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most people want more income and strive for it. Yet as Western societies have got richer, their people …
- Richard Layard, Baron Layard
Competition for status is a zero sum game - Richard Layard, Baron Layard
Competition for status is a zero sum game
People who achieve a sense of meaning in their lives are happier than those who live from one pleasure to another. - Richard Layard, Baron Layard
People who achieve a sense of meaning in their lives are happier than those who live from one pleasure to another.
No society can work unless its members feel responsibilities as well as rights. - Richard Layard, Baron Layard
No society can work unless its members feel responsibilities as well as rights.
Kindness is like mercy: it blesses him that gives and him that takes. - Richard Layard, Baron Layard
Kindness is like mercy: it blesses him that gives and him that takes.
Derek Bok asks the right question, 'What policies would produce the greatest happiness?' and he gives great and often startling answers, combining hi… - Richard Layard, Baron Layard
Derek Bok asks the right question, 'What policies would produce the greatest happiness?' and he gives great and often startling answers, combining hi…
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