Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time…
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Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly,…
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Read More »Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More…
Read More »Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it…
Read More »It is now possible to quantify people’s levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring…
Read More »Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying. Polly Toynbee
Read More »But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches’ bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury…
Read More »But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith. Polly Toynbee
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