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Officiële naam: Layard, Peter Richard Grenville Layard, Baron
Geboortedatum: 1934-03-15
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: England
UK
Opleiding: Eton College
University of Cambridge (King's College)
London School of Economics
Beroepen: economist
Relaties: Layard, George Somes (grandfather)
Layard, John (father)
Organisaties: London School of Economics (Centre for Economic Performance)
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: Life Peerage
Korte biografie: Richard Layard, Baron Layard FBA (born 15 March 1934) is a British labour economist, currently working as programme director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics.

His early career focused on how to reduce unemployment and inequality. He was Senior Research Officer for the famous Robbins Committee on Higher Education. This committee's report led to the massive expansion of UK university education in the 1960s and 1970s.

He was one of the first economists to work on happiness, with one theme being the importance of non-income variables on aggregate happiness, including mental health.

His main current interest is how better mental health could improve our social and economic life. His work on mental health, including publishing The Depression Report in 2006, led to the establishment of the UK Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT). He co-edited the 2012 World Happiness Report.

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Happiness: Lessons from a New Science door Richard Layard

In life, it is important to always refocus, reconsider the motivation, the options and especially the goals. The suggestion in "Happiness" is the obvious one - rethink the reasons behind the decisions we make. A great deal of our personal decisions are reflected as economics, on a society level. These choices influence not only our lives, but the lives of others. It is therefore a very good idea to suggest looking at them very carefully. And perhaps ask twice: do I feel truly happy, making this decision, or do I just feel I ought to be doing this for some reason...?… (meer)

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flydodofly | 4 andere besprekingen | Jun 25, 2011 |

A Good Childhood: Searching for Values in a… door Richard Layard

This is a well written and compelling presentation of a comprehensive analysis of the life of children in the UK in 2007 / 2008 carried out by a panel with a wide range of experience in child development issues. Based on a combination of original research and the output of a wide range of other studies into healthy child development, this report speaks with a significant level of authority. The recommendations it makes for improving the life experiences of our children are practical and specific. These recommendations are presented throughout the book, focussing on different areas of life. They are also restated at the end, grouped by who needs to take responsibility for delivering them. I found this to be particularly helpful.
The report concludes by suggesting that all the recommendations are founded on three words: love, respect and evidence. Not a bad place to start, I reckon.… (meer)

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tcarter | Feb 19, 2009 |

Happiness Lessons From A New Science door Layard Richard

This is politics and policy presented as management good practice, rather than ideology. I'm not sure how I feel about that. The book is well thought out: a good balance of serious science and breezy writing. There are lots of good arguments that it's hard to disagree with. But I also read an essay arguing that melancholy has an important motivating force in our lives, and I kind of agree with that too.

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djalchemi | 4 andere besprekingen | Jan 24, 2008 |

Happiness: Lessons from a New Science door Richard Layard

Unlike "Stumbing towards Happiness" this book is actually about happiness and real studies about what makes people happy and what doesn't ($$$). I read the two together - in a sense this book defines what makes most people happy and the other book describes the why people don't do what doesn't makes them happy. I disagreed with his legislating happiness conclusions...

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