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Published in: TransformationWhy transformation requires a new vision of happinessThe way we think about happiness is a window into the way we think about how we should live.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHappy now? As Britain prepares to measure 'wellbeing', we conclude our happiness debateAs Britain publishes its first 'national wellbeing indicators', OurKingdom wraps up our debate on happiness. Here,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Pursuit of Happiness: Can We Have an Economy of Well-Being?
Happiness is a far more complicated thing to measure than income, but we capture an important dimension of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHappiness and UncertaintyThe happiness agenda imagines people as individuals living constantly in the now. But in this age of uncertainty,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNational wellbeing: the ‘personalisation of the public interest’?
Democratic states want to prove their success to their citizens and one way to do this is to incorporate the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy Happiness? an interview with co-founder of Action for HappinessWilliam Davies interviews the co-founder of Action for Happiness to explore the philosophy, politics and economic...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCollective purpose and a sense of belonging: the road to happiness?What do we need to be happy? The satisfaction of our basic needs? Independence? A positive lifestyle? Yes, says Matt...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDemocratising the well-being movementThe danger of the well-being movement is that it could lead to us being spoon-fed advice on how to live. Yet the art...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe uses and abuses of 'happiness'The happiness 'movement' has the potential to transform society, but do its proponents know what they're doing?...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKShould happiness be the goal of British arts policy?
How much happiness does spending on the arts buy us? Which cultural pursuits are the most effective? And are these...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCan we become 'happy citizens' in a climate of insecurity?
We are told that a healthy happy citizen must enjoy "meaning, mastery and autonomy". Cameron's Big Society requires...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as if the Future MattersDiane Coyle’s The Economics of Enough is an eerily calm introduction to the severity of our economic situation....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUnhappy? Don’t blame the government, it’s probably your marriage
Marriage is one of the metrics to be included in the Coalition’s soon-to-launch ‘well-being index’, as Clegg and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Economics of Happiness: a film review
A new film The Economics of Happiness makes an eloquent case for a more localised economic system that forgoes...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSharing the Pain: The emotional politics of austerity“Keep Calm and Carry On” was the post-ironic catchphrase for Phase One of the Financial Crisis. On one level, this...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPsychologised Society: What do we gain and lose from emphasising the individual?
While the Cameroon Conservatives re-draw the state, emphasising the role of the individual, popular culture...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHappiness and productionWhat is progress? Could our societies grow richer but everyone get more miserable? Is output the best measure of a...
