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World Finance:
Why GDP is no longer the most effective measure of economic success

25 July 2019

Lord Richard Layard, a professor at the London School of Economics, has been a pioneer in this area, and believes the government should prioritise policies that boost happiness over growth. His research has gone on to influence international efforts to track happiness, such as the UN's World Happiness Report, which provides an annual snapshot of how happy people around the world perceive themselves to be.

The World Happiness Report 2019, produced by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Editors John F. Helliwell, Richard Layard, Jeffrey Sachs.

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