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Finance and Development magazine:
People in Economics: A generous-hearted life

25 November 2015

Richard Layard profiled: ''Richard Layard, who believes the basic purpose of economics is the maximization of happiness and well-being''
A day after sharing a stage with the Dalai Lama, London School of Economics (LSE) professor Richard Layard is still buzzing. As director of the Wellbeing Programme at the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance, Layard focuses on the study of happiness.

This article was published by Finance and Development magazine on November 25, 2015
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Related links
Richard Layard webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage

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