Rising Kashmir:
Revisiting Einstein?s `Theory of Happiness?
26 March 2018
Couple of days back, ‘Economic Times’ carried interview of renowned British economist Richard Layard. Also known as the “happiness tsar” for his extensive research on happiness, Layard believes happiness hasn’t risen with incomes. “Globally, as incomes have risen, happiness hasn’t. It is because of a breakdown of social factors. Materialism and individualism aren’t helping. A sense of connection to families, to the wider society and community is critical,” the interview quoted Layard as saying.
Related publications
World Happiness Report 2018, John F. Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey D. Sachs (Eds), March 2018
https://s3.amazonaws.com/happiness-report/2018/WHR_web.pdf
Happiness: Lessons from a New Science, Richard Layard, Penguin, 2nd edition, 2011