A new science of wellbeing will change policy and decision making

Layard, Richard and Neve, Jan-Emmanuel (2023) A new science of wellbeing will change policy and decision making. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (27 Mar 2023). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

What produces a happy society and a happy life? Richard Layard and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve suggest that through the new science of wellbeing, we can now answer this question empirically. Explaining how wellbeing can be measured, what causes it, and how it can be improved, they argue we are only at the beginning of a transformation in the ability to base decision making on the outcomes that matter most, namely the wellbeing of us all including future generations.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information:	© 2023 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	17 Apr 2023 23:21
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:39
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/118602

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