According to a study by the London School of Economics (LSE), with the participation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, most human misery is not due to economic factors, but to failed relationships and physical and mental illness . … According to Richard Layard, one of those responsible for the study, "the evidence shows that the things that matter most to happiness and misery are social relationships and mental and physical health." In his view, this demands a new role for the state, but not in the sense of "wealth creation", but in the sense of "welfare creation."

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