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Investment UncutS6 Ep.8: Happiness economics with Professor Lord Richard LayardAre you happy? Do you think you’re happier than you were 20 years ago? Or, put a different way, why aren’t you happier despite living in one of the wealthiest periods in history?
Three simple questions, but all of them have complicated answers. So how do we start to unpick this?
In this episode, we dive into the world of happiness economics with Professor Lord Richard Layard. We explore the factors that drive happiness, why GDP isn’t the ultimate goal, and how policies could shift to prioritise well-being over consumption.
For our Views from the Boardroom section, Jacob interv...2024-12-1131 min
The Goldster Conversations PodcastProfessor Lord Richard Layard and Humphrey Hawksely - The Goldster magazine Show PodcastHow do we place a value on happiness? Can we measure our sense of well-being and fulfilment through science? Richard Layard is founder and former director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. He has been editor of the annual World Happiness Report which examines the state of happiness at various stages of life. Richard’s latest co-authored book is Wellbeing: Science and Policy which uses science to establish what matters most to us. The book shows how well-being can be scientifically measured, what creates it and how feeling good it can be made even bet...2024-10-2052 min
The Rest Is MoneyThe Economics of HappinessRobert and Steph are joined by Lord Richard Layard, a 90 year old economist who has dedicated his life to researching and encouraging politicians to consider the happiness of their populations when taking decisions. They also discuss whether faster growing economies increase wellbeing and how the presence of women in politics has positive effects on the people who live in those countries (most of the time).Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance.Email: restismoney@gmail.c...2024-09-3032 min
IfG EventsHow can public spending do better at improving wellbeing?Spending reviews, which decide how at least half a trillion pounds of annual public spending should be allocated across different public services, are one of the most consequential processes in government. The new government has announced a new review, to conclude in Spring 2025, that will determine departmental budgets for much of the current parliament. But how should ministers choose how to prioritise for spending? Should more money be spent on roads, skills, or police? What is the best way to judge the costs and benefits of each decision? A new report from the London School o...2024-09-041h 01
Institute for GovernmentHow can public spending do better at improving wellbeing?Spending reviews, which decide how at least half a trillion pounds of annual public spending should be allocated across different public services, are one of the most consequential processes in government. The new government has announced a new review, to conclude in Spring 2025, that will determine departmental budgets for much of the current parliament. But how should ministers choose how to prioritise for spending? Should more money be spent on roads, skills, or police? What is the best way to judge the costs and benefits of each decision?
A new report from the London School of Economics, Value for Money...2024-09-031h 01
Walk and TalkWalk and Talk - An invitation to eavesdrop with Prof Lord Richard LayardProfessor Lord Richard Layard started as a school teacher and then moved to the London School of Economics, where he has now been for 60 years! Listen along as Sue and Richard discuss the measurement of happiness and wellbeing!2024-04-0734 min
The We SocietyShould governments care about wellbeing? with Professor Richard LayardProfessor Lord Richard Layard is one of the first economists to look at happiness as a metric that Governments worldwide should strive to improve in their population.
He was the founder-director of LSE's Centre for Economic Performance and is now the director of the Centre's Wellbeing programme. In 2005, he wrote Happiness: Lessons from a New Science, which was published in 20 languages.
We all quest for happiness, but how do we measure a happy life? Is it linked to wealth, relationships or absence of pain? Professor Richard Layard doesn't believe that the Gross Domestic Product of a...2024-03-1333 min
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie SantosMake America Happy AgainWe're distrustful, unequal and isolated. That's according to the figures showing a decline in happy community feeling since the 1960s. But can we do anything to regain the healthier communal lives enjoyed by many of our parents, grandparents or great-grandparents? We talk to a hopeful trio - an economist, a political scientist and a US senator - about how we can reduce social isolation, temper political division and prioritize the kind of mixing and meeting that makes neighbors into friends. Further reading: Robert Putnam Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community and...2023-11-2031 min
Amado EsposoMake America Happy AgainWe're distrustful, unequal and isolated. That's according to the figures showing a decline in happy community feeling since the 1960s. But can we do anything to regain the healthier communal lives enjoyed by many of our parents, grandparents or great-grandparents? We talk to a hopeful trio - an economist, a political scientist and a US senator - about how we can reduce social isolation, temper political division and prioritize the kind of mixing and meeting that makes neighbors into friends. Further reading: Robert Putnam Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community and The Upswing: How America Came Together a C...2023-11-2031 min
The Paul Taylor Podcast | Expert in Hardiness and Mental FitnessThe Science of Happiness, And It's More Robust Cousin, Subjective Wellbeing, With The World's Foremost Expert, Professor Lord Richard LayardThis was a fascinating conversation into the science of happiness and subjective wellbeing with a guy who has done more quality research in this area than almost anyone else on the planet, Professor Lord Richard Layard. What I loved about this conversation was the combination of robust evidence and the list of practical take-homes that we can all implement in our lives. Check out Richard's website with his books and publications here and see below for his ridiculously impressive bio. Richard Layard is the founder-Director of the Centre for Economic Performance - a leading inter-disciplinary...2023-07-211h 05
Working on WellbeingLord Richard Layard on putting wellbeing top of the policy agendaDescribed as the ‘happiness tsar’, Lord Richard Layard knows a thing or two about the science of wellbeing: he literally wrote the book on it.He is a labour economist based within the London School of Economics and Political Science and a co-founder of both Action for Happiness and the World Wellbeing Movement. His long-standing research career – in which he has devoted much of his efforts to reducing inequality and, latterly, in establishing the economics of happiness – saw him appointed to the UK’s House of Lords in 2000.In this exclusive discussion, he offers his...2023-06-2842 min
Book Club with Jeffrey SachsSeason 2, Episode 13: Richard Layard & Jan-Emmanuel De Neve: Wellbeing, Science and PolicySend us a textJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and two of the world's leading experts on the economics of wellbeing, Lord Richard Layard and Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve to discuss their newest book, Wellbeing: Science and Policy. Together, they examine how wellbeing can be measured and how it can be promoted today and for future generations.What produces a happy life and a happy society? Layard’s and De Neve’s new book offers a systematic exploration that brings together a fascinating and vast body of research in the past 20 years. This thought provoking conversation expl...2023-06-1348 min
Success SystemsS7E9: Lord Richard Layard: Top 5 Daily Happiness Actions and Mindsets Proven to Dramatically improve your happiness…Do you want to know the top 5 habits to improve your happiness everyday?Do you want to know the top 5 mindsets that consistently happy people have that you don’t?Professor Lord Richard Layard is a co-editor of the World Happiness Report and one of the first economists to work on happiness. He Has written multiple books on Happiness from Happiness Lessons from a New Science, to Thrive How we can secure a better deal for mental health, and his latest book Can we be Happier. He also started Action for Happiness an int...2023-04-1057 minSuccess SystemsS7E7 John Helliwell (Repost) Co-editor of the World Happiness Report, 6 Factors that determine the majority of our happiness...Do you want to know what 6 factors contribute most to an individuals and country's happiness?John Helliwell is the co- editor of The World Happiness Report, a landmark survey of the state of global happiness that ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be that has been running for the last decade! He is also the Professor emeritus of Economics at University of British Columbia and a distinguished senior fellow at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. He is one of the first economist to begin to research happiness and its effect on individuals...2023-03-201h 02
Future Learning Design PodcastEducation for Human Flourishing - A Conversation with Sir Anthony SeldonSir Anthony Seldon is a leading authority on contemporary British history and education and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham. He is author or editor of over 40 books on contemporary history, politics and education and is the author on, and honorary historical advisor to, Downing Street.
After gaining an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Worcester College, Oxford, and a PhD at the London School of Economics, Anthony qualified as a teacher at King's College, London, where he was awarded the top PGCE prize in his year.
From 1993 to 2015, Anthony held headships at...2021-01-0523 min
Shaping the Post-COVID WorldMaking Wellbeing the GoalContributor(s): Baroness Tyler, Lord O'Donnell, Professor Lord Layard, Alan Jope |
This 30th Anniversary CEP event will ask can wellbeing become the focus for social science? How would this change economics and policy analysis? How would it change policy priorities for a post-Covid-19 world?
Alan Jope (@alanjope) was appointed CEO of Unilever in 2019, and has worked for the company in North America for 14 years and in Asia for 13 years.
Richard Layard (@RichardLayard) is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science and currently heads the CEP's Wellbeing Research Programme.
Gus O'Donnell (@Gus_ODonnell) was Cabinet...2020-11-261h 03
The Happy WorkLife PodcastEpisode 29 - Richard LayardLord Mark Price talks workplace happiness with the UK's 'Happiness Tsar' Lord Richard Layard. Richard shares his views on social justice, happiness and how money alone really cannot make us happy.2020-08-0446 min
Aspen UKThe Science of HappinessAre you happy? A simple question that many of us are still unable to answer without some ambiguity. In this conversation Professor Lord Richard Layard, economist and best-selling author of “Can We Be Happier?” (2020) talks about the evidence base for positive psychology with BBC news presenter, executive coach, and psychology researcher Philippa Thomas. Together they discuss how society can be made happier, describe the role of organisations and schools in building wellbeing, and explore whether it would be problematic if someone was too happy, to the point of being naive. Support the show2020-07-1758 min
Motivating Speech | Speeches That MatterRichard Layard Speech: Pursuing HappinessLord Richard Layard, one of the leading figures in the world happiness movement, proposes putting happiness at the centre of our societal goals and taking a more people-focussed approach. Listen to this Richard Layard's speech at the RSA.
For more visit https://motivatingspeech.com/2020-07-0506 min
Pivotal Podcast - Managing BehaviourWhy wellbeing is more important than curriculum coverage with Adrian Bethune PP253Mark Bocker picks the brains of Wellness champion, Adrian Bethune this week. Adrian Bethune is a Healthy Body and Mind Leader and Teacher at a primary school in Hertfordshire. He was awarded a 'Happy Hero' medal at the House of Lords on the UN International Day of Happiness in 2013, and has been on stage with the Dalai Lama and Lord Richard Layard in 2015 talking about teaching happiness in his school. He is passionate about children's mental health and happiness and has been interviewed by numerous national newspapers and other press organisations, including The Telegraph and Teach Primary Magazine. Adrian is...2020-05-061h 05
Making the world betterHow to make a happier world (p1 of 2) - with Prof Richard Layard - Ep 9 In this episode I talk to Lord Richard Layard, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the LSE. Richard is an economist who spent much of his life working on how to reduce unemployment and inequality. In more recent years though he has become one of the world’s leading figures exploring the science of happiness, as well as how better mental health could improve our social and economic life.He is the author of a number of books, including ‘Happiness – lessons from a new science’, 'Thrive – the power of psychological therapy' and his new book ‘Can we be happier?’, wh...2020-04-2738 min
LSE PodcastsCan We Be Happier? [Audio]Speaker(s): Professor Lord Layard | In this event about his new book, Richard Layard explores how teachers, managers, health professionals, couples, community leaders, economists, scientists, politicians, and we as individuals can create a happier world. Richard Layard is emeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science and currently heads the CEP's Wellbeing Research Programme. His new book is Can We Be Happier? To pre-order a copy of the book, which can be collected from independent bookshop Pages of Hackney at the event, please go to Can We Be Happier? Minouche Shafik is Director of the...2020-02-031h 12
Business Archives - Blue Pea PODMoney Doesn’t Motivate – So What Does?In conversations with leaders, the topic of motivating staff often comes up. Either the company has gone through some lean times, or there is constant pressure on budgets. In some cases it’s about a war on talent and retaining your best staff. Other times it’s that leaders have asked their people to keep giving that bit extra of staff to make it through the challenge.
To combat any of the above one option is bonus’s and pay rises. And given some of the above challenges the extra cash may not even be available. Which isn’t as ba...2019-12-0908 minPodcast Archives - Blue Pea PODMoney Doesn’t Motivate – So What Does?In conversations with leaders, the topic of motivating staff often comes up. Either the company has gone through some lean times, or there is constant pressure on budgets. In some cases it’s about a war on talent and retaining your best staff. Other times it’s that leaders have asked their people to keep giving that bit extra of staff to make it through the challenge.
To combat any of the above one option is bonus’s and pay rises. And given some of the above challenges the extra cash may not even be available. Which isn’t as ba...2019-12-0908 min
Head TalksThe Value of Happiness by Richard LayardRichard Layard is an Emeritus Professor at the London School of Economics where he is also Director of the Wellbeing Programme, as well as a member of the House of Lords and the co-founder of Action for Happiness. His books include Happiness: Lessons from a New Science, and Thrive. Lord Layard began his career as an economist and was one of the first to study the economic and social importance of happiness. Once we measure what makes people happy, he argues, we can develop policies to improve the happiness of our society. Our first priority should be to improve mental...2019-11-2116 min
LSE IQ podcastLSE IQ Episode 29 | What's the secret to happiness?Contributor(s): Professor Paul Dolan, Professor Lord Richard Layard, Liz Zeidler | This month we have raided the LSE IQ archives for an episode from 2017 when we ask, ‘What’s the secret to happiness?’ Western societies have been getting steadily richer for several decades, but social scientists have shown that we are no happier for it. In fact we now have more depression, more alcoholism and more crime. Why does happiness elude so many of us and what can we do about it? Joanna Bale talks to LSE’s Paul Dolan and Richard Layard, and Liz Zeidler of the Happy City Initiati2019-11-1227 minLSE IQLSE IQ Episode 29 | What's the secret to happiness?Contributor(s): Professor Paul Dolan, Professor Lord Richard Layard, Liz Zeidler | This month we have raided the LSE IQ archives for an episode from 2017 when we ask, ‘What’s the secret to happiness?’ Western societies have been getting steadily richer for several decades, but social scientists have shown that we are no happier for it. In fact we now have more depression, more alcoholism and more crime. Why does happiness elude so many of us and what can we do about it? Joanna Bale talks to LSE’s Paul Dolan and Richard Layard, and Liz Zeidler of the Happy City Initiati2019-11-1227 min
Das kleine Glück: Der Podcast für positive Ideen, Impulse und Inspirationen.Der Podcast für positive Ideen, Impulse und InspirationenDas kleine Glück #51 Wohlbefinden als politischer Richtwert: Paneldiskussion bei der OECD Konferenz
Anfang Oktober 2019 veranstaltete die OECD (Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung) in Paris eine Tagung mit dem Thema „Putting well-being metrics into policy actions“. Ich durfte als Glücksministerin nicht nur dabei, sondern als Vertreterin für Deutschland mittendrin sein.
Es ist eine große Ehre, Teil davon gewesen zu sein, denn es waren viele interessante Menschen und Entscheider aus Wirtschaft, Zivilgesellschaft und Politik aus aller Welt zusammen gekommen. Alle mit dem gleichen Ziel: Wohlbefinden als politischen Richtwert verankern.
Wir alle wollen uns für e...2019-10-241h 18
everywoman PodcastEp. 8 Why wellbeing is the new KPI, with author of The Origins of Happiness Professor Lord Richard LayardShould happiness be a new measure and definition of progress? And if we judge our society by how happy we are then what implications does that have for business, government and how we live our lives?
Director of the Wellbeing Programme at the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE, chairman for Action for Happiness and co-author of The Origins of Happiness, Professor Lord Richard Layard, talks about the economic and social effects of happiness, the role of women in driving a “happiness revolution” and whether units of happiness could become a KPI for the future in the...2018-06-2527 min
Ongekend Talent PodcastRichard Layard (Talent 06) 'The economist of happiness'The first podcast we recorded in Miami was above anything we ever expected, with a very special guest: Sir Lord Richard Layard.
Just a number of facts in a row:
- He helped advise Ton Blair’s government from 1997 to 2001;
- He is the author of several books: Happiness: A New Science, Thrive, The Origins of Happiness, A Good Childhood, Handbook of Labor Economics, and many more;
- He is a labour peer and professor at the London School of Economics;
- He is co-author of the World Happiness Report, which ranks the level of happiness in different countries.
Things we...2018-05-0326 min
Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLSE Festival 2018 | Beveridge's Sixth Giant [Audio]Speaker(s): Professor Sam Fankhauser, Professor Fawaz Gerges, Professor Naila Kabeer, Professor Mary Kaldor, Professor Lord Layard | Beveridge's "Five Giants" remain central issues in discussions about the welfare state today, but there are also new challenges that have emerged since the 1940s. Which "Giant" issue would a modern day Beveridge prioritise? Having polled LSE students, staff and alumni for their suggestions as to Beveridge’s missing giants, the sixth giant will be selected from one of the following: Sustainability, Equity, Loneliness/Isolation, Security, Extremism. You decide. Vote on which of these giant issues should take its place alongside Beveridge’s gian...2018-02-191h 02Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLSE Festival 2018 | Beveridge's Sixth Giant [Slides]Speaker(s): Professor Sam Fankhauser, Professor Fawaz Gerges, Professor Naila Kabeer, Professor Mary Kaldor, Professor Lord Layard | Beveridge's "Five Giants" remain central issues in discussions about the welfare state today, but there are also new challenges that have emerged since the 1940s. Which "Giant" issue would a modern day Beveridge prioritise? Having polled LSE students, staff and alumni for their suggestions as to Beveridge’s missing giants, the sixth giant will be selected from one of the following: Sustainability, Equity, Loneliness/Isolation, Security, Extremism. You decide. Vote on which of these giant issues should take its place alongside Beveridge’s gian...2018-02-1900 minLatest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Origins of Happiness: Andrew Marr in conversation with Richard Layard [Audio]Speaker(s): Professor Lord Layard | To mark the publication of The Origins of Happiness Andrew Marr and Richard Layard discuss some of its key focal points: What makes people happy? Why should governments care about people's wellbeing? How would policy change if wellbeing was the main objective? Richard Layard is Director of the Wellbeing program at the Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. Andrew Marr (@AndrewMarr9) is the host of The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One and also hosts BBC Radio 4's Start the Week every Monday. He began his career in journalism on The Scotsman newspaper in 1981, later moving...2018-01-221h 11
???? ? ?????? ?LSEIQ Epsiode 6 | What’s the secret to happiness? [Audio]Contributor(s): Professor Paul Dolan, Professor Lord Richard Layard, Liz Zeidler | Welcome to LSE IQ, a new monthly podcast from the London School of Economics and Political Science. This is the podcast where we ask some of the leading social scientists - and other experts - to answer intelligent questions about economics, politics or society. In this episode, Joanna Bale investigates human happiness: why it eludes so many of us and what we can do about it. She talks to LSE’s Paul Dolan and Richard Layard, and Liz Zeidler of the Happy City Initiative. For further information about the po...2017-09-0526 minLSE IQ podcastLSEIQ Episode 6 | What’s the secret to happiness?Contributor(s): Professor Paul Dolan, Professor Lord Richard Layard, Liz Zeidler | Welcome to LSE IQ, a new monthly podcast from the London School of Economics and Political Science. This is the podcast where we ask some of the leading social scientists - and other experts - to answer intelligent questions about economics, politics or society. In this episode, Joanna Bale investigates human happiness: why it eludes so many of us and what we can do about it. She talks to LSE’s Paul Dolan and Richard Layard, and Liz Zeidler of the Happy City Initiative. For further information about the po...2017-09-0526 minLSE IQLSEIQ Episode 6 | What’s the secret to happiness?Contributor(s): Professor Paul Dolan, Professor Lord Richard Layard, Liz Zeidler | Welcome to LSE IQ, a new monthly podcast from the London School of Economics and Political Science. This is the podcast where we ask some of the leading social scientists - and other experts - to answer intelligent questions about economics, politics or society. In this episode, Joanna Bale investigates human happiness: why it eludes so many of us and what we can do about it. She talks to LSE’s Paul Dolan and Richard Layard, and Liz Zeidler of the Happy City Initiative. For further information about the po...2017-09-0526 min
Discussions in Tunbridge WellsDoes Poverty Harm your Mental Health?John McGowan, Anne Cooke, Angela Gilchrist and Rachel Terry discuss the effects of poverty and inequality on happiness and mental health.
In this discussion we focus on two reports. The first is forthcoming book from a London School of Economics group involving Lord Richard Layard and titled ‘The Origins of Happiness’. Even though this hasn’t yet been released it has prompted a great deal of debate, especially with the conclusion that poverty and inequality may be less important than good mental health for human happiness. The second document is a major report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation written by the Me...2016-12-1831 min
Queen Mary History of EmotionsThe Politics of WellbeingThis podcast features an interview with Lord Richard Layard, LSE economist, 'happiness tsar' and a driving force in the politics of wellbeing over the last decade; and with William Davies, senior lecturer at Goldsmith's, and author of The Happiness Industry. We discuss how academics can influence public policy, how governments, universities and companies can improve wellbeing, and whether there are aspects of the 'wellbeing movement' that are illiberal, reductive or creepy. For good background to this discussion, check out Oliver Burkeman's long-read article on the 'therapy wars' between Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and psychoanalysis:https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jan/07/therapy-wars-revenge-of-freud-cognitive-behavioural-therapy
...2016-12-1559 min
thekingsfundLord Richard Layard - mental health: from rhetoric to reality?Lord Layard, Professor Emeritus at London School of Economics and Founder of Action for Happiness, speaks at our event on taking the conversation on mental health from rhetoric to reality. The event was part of our breakfast series on the big election questions.2015-01-2215 min
2014 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThrive: the power of evidence-based psychological therapiesContributor(s): Professor David M Clark, Professor Lord Layard, Andrew Marr | This event marks the launch of David Clark and Richard Layard’s new book, Thrive, which argues that mental health problems are pervasive. They have massive social impacts and huge economic costs. They can be effectively treated by evidence-based psychological therapies, but these are not widely available. They should be. David M. Clark is professor of experimental psychology at the University of Oxford and a leading clinical psychologist. His work particularly focuses on understanding and treating anxiety disorders. Richard Layard is emeritus professor of economics at LSE and was fo...2014-07-101h 12Summer 2014 | Public lectures and events | VideoThrive: the power of evidence-based psychological therapiesContributor(s): Professor David M Clark, Professor Lord Layard, Andrew Marr | This event marks the launch of David Clark and Richard Layard’s new book, Thrive, which argues that mental health problems are pervasive. They have massive social impacts and huge economic costs. They can be effectively treated by evidence-based psychological therapies, but these are not widely available. They should be. David M. Clark is professor of experimental psychology at the University of Oxford and a leading clinical psychologist. His work particularly focuses on understanding and treating anxiety disorders. Richard Layard is emeritus professor of economics at LSE and was fo...2014-07-101h 12Summer 2014 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThrive: the power of evidence-based psychological therapiesContributor(s): Professor David M Clark, Professor Lord Layard, Andrew Marr | This event marks the launch of David Clark and Richard Layard’s new book, Thrive, which argues that mental health problems are pervasive. They have massive social impacts and huge economic costs. They can be effectively treated by evidence-based psychological therapies, but these are not widely available. They should be. David M. Clark is professor of experimental psychology at the University of Oxford and a leading clinical psychologist. His work particularly focuses on understanding and treating anxiety disorders. Richard Layard is emeritus professor of economics at LSE and was fo...2014-07-101h 122014 | LSE Public lectures and events | VideoThrive: the power of evidence-based psychological therapiesContributor(s): Professor David M Clark, Professor Lord Layard, Andrew Marr | This event marks the launch of David Clark and Richard Layard’s new book, Thrive, which argues that mental health problems are pervasive. They have massive social impacts and huge economic costs. They can be effectively treated by evidence-based psychological therapies, but these are not widely available. They should be. David M. Clark is professor of experimental psychology at the University of Oxford and a leading clinical psychologist. His work particularly focuses on understanding and treating anxiety disorders. Richard Layard is emeritus professor of economics at LSE and was fo...2014-07-101h 12Spring 2012 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfMental Health: The New Frontier for the Welfare StateContributor(s): Professor Lord Layard | CEP founder Richard Layard will close this series of lectures with a discussion on the economic and social costs of mental illness. Richard Layard is Emeritus Professor of Economics at LSE. He is the head of the Centre for Economic Performance's Programme on Well-Being.2012-03-061h 28Spring 2012 | Public lectures and events | VideoMental Health: The New Frontier for the Welfare StateContributor(s): Professor Lord Layard | CEP founder Richard Layard will close this series of lectures with a discussion on the economic and social costs of mental illness. Richard Layard is Emeritus Professor of Economics at LSE. He is the head of the Centre for Economic Performance's Programme on Well-Being.2012-03-061h 28Autumn 2011 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThinking Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman in conversation with Richard LayardContributor(s): Professor Daniel Kahneman, Professor Lord Richard Layard | Two systems drive the way we think and make choices: System One is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System Two is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Over many years, Daniel Kahneman has conducted groundbreaking research into this – in his own words – "machinery of the mind". Fast thinking has extraordinary capabilities, but also faults and biases. Intuitive impressions have a pervasive influence on our thoughts and our choices. Only by understanding how the two systems work together, Kahneman shows, can we learn the truth about the role of optimism in opening up a ne...2011-11-151h 19Autumn 2011 | Public lectures and events | VideoThinking Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman in conversation with Richard LayardContributor(s): Professor Daniel Kahneman, Professor Lord Richard Layard | Two systems drive the way we think and make choices: System One is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System Two is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Over many years, Daniel Kahneman has conducted groundbreaking research into this – in his own words – "machinery of the mind". Fast thinking has extraordinary capabilities, but also faults and biases. Intuitive impressions have a pervasive influence on our thoughts and our choices. Only by understanding how the two systems work together, Kahneman shows, can we learn the truth about the role of optimism in opening up a ne...2011-11-151h 19Autumn 2011 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfIs Happiness the Right Measure of Social Progress?Contributor(s): Professor Lord Richard Layard, Professor Lord Robert Skidelsky | In his book, Happiness (recently updated), Richard Layard argues that the best societies are those with the most happiness and the least misery. Public policy should be made on this basis. Robert Skidelsky has many reservations. They debate the issue. Richard Layard is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, where he was, until 2003, the founder-director of the Centre for Economic Performance. He now heads the Centre's Programme on Well-Being. Since 2000 he has been a member of the House of Lords. Robert Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of...2011-10-181h 12Autumn 2011 | Public lectures and events | VideoIs Happiness the Right Measure of Social Progress?Contributor(s): Professor Lord Richard Layard, Professor Lord Robert Skidelsky | In his book, Happiness (recently updated), Richard Layard argues that the best societies are those with the most happiness and the least misery. Public policy should be made on this basis. Robert Skidelsky has many reservations. They debate the issue. Richard Layard is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, where he was, until 2003, the founder-director of the Centre for Economic Performance. He now heads the Centre's Programme on Well-Being. Since 2000 he has been a member of the House of Lords. Robert Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of...2011-10-181h 12Spring 2009 | Public lectures and events | VideoA Good Childhood: searching for values in a competitive ageContributor(s): Professor Judy Dunn, Professor Lord Richard Layard | (We apologise for the poor audio quality, this was because of technical problem with the audio-visual system) Is childhood all it should be? Or has it been spoilt by broken homes, junk food, alcohol and exam stress? The speakers will present the findings of The Good Childhood Inquiry. Judy Dunn is professor of developmental psychology at King's College London, and was chair of The Good Childhood Inquiry. Richard Layard is director of the Well-being Programme in the LSE Centre for Economic Performance.2009-02-111h 25Spring 2009 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfA Good Childhood: searching for values in a competitive ageContributor(s): Professor Judy Dunn, Professor Lord Richard Layard | (We apologise for the poor audio quality, this was because of technical problem with the audio-visual system) Is childhood all it should be? Or has it been spoilt by broken homes, junk food, alcohol and exam stress? The speakers will present the findings of The Good Childhood Inquiry. Judy Dunn is professor of developmental psychology at King's College London, and was chair of The Good Childhood Inquiry. Richard Layard is director of the Well-being Programme in the LSE Centre for Economic Performance.2009-02-111h 25
Glasgow Centre for Population Health PodcastGCPH seminar series 1: - Prof Lord Richard Layard - 'Happiness'Prof Layard believes that the happiness of society does not necessarily equate to its
income. Most people want more income, yet, as societies become richer, they do not
become happier. Evidence from a range of sources shows that, on average, people
have grown no happier in the last fifty years, even as average incomes have more
than doubled. In fact, many countries have more depression, more alcoholism and
more crime than fifty years ago. This paradox is true of Britain, the United States,
continental Europe and Japan.
In this lecture Prof Layard discussed both explanations of and remedies for...2005-04-051h 43