Happiness is the key to societal success (implied but not mentioned is economic success) according to this short but amazing article in the Guardian. It is so important that it should be taught in schools by specially trained professionals and... (the rest is drowned out by howls of derision from the tabloid wing, I'm sure). Yes, give it a go, I say. Still I am left with a sour taste in my mouth by the meaness of the Guardian newspaper in never giving links so that you can follow up their content. OK, so I can usually get there with a swift Google search but WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO in this day and age??? There will be no links to the Guardian in this post beyond that necessary to get you to the original article!
So here are the missing links. This is based on the work of Richard Layard, at the London School of Economics, where he is founder director of the LSE Centre for Economic Performance. There is a great deal of background in this series of lectures.
This new direction in economics almost makes me want to go back to the discipline for which I was originally trained at university.
