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Examiner (Ireland):
'Me first' society endangers children

3 February 2009

AN AGGRESSIVE pursuit of personal success by adults is the “greatest threat” to the wellbeing and happiness of children, according to a landmark inquiry published in Britain yesterday. Speaking at a news conference to launch the report, Professor Lord Richard Layard, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and a member of the inquiry panel, said excessive individualism had filled the vacuum left by a decline in religious belief and social solidarity.

This article appeared in the Examiner on the 3rd February 2009.
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