Thinking Allowed

The 'Happiness Industry' - The 'Wellness Syndrome'

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27:44 | Jan 9th, 2020

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The Happiness Industry: Laurie Taylor talks to Will Davies, Professor in Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, who asks why policy makers have become increasingly focused on measuring happines...Show More



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jhawthorne recommended:Mar 24th, 2020

Different take on happiness... Clarifying for some for some of the other shows I was listening to

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mm recommended:Apr 1st, 2020

Is the happiness index just a neoliberal construct for economic growth? Also an exploration of why the wellness industry can mislead people to thinking their happiness should be coming from within and if they're not happy, it's their own problem, rather than larger structural and institutional probl...Show More

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