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August 10, 2003
More evidence of the 'growth fetish'
Clive Hamilton's recently published book, Growth Fetish, certainly caused a stir, and Richard Layard adds fuel to the fire.
The Economist this week gives details on Layard's Lionel Robbins memorial lectures delivered earlier this year, 'Happiness -- Has Social Science a Clue?', which reports on research that suggests that incomes don't make us happier, and we work too hard. The conclusion is that GDP is a flawed measure of economic well-being, and that happiness demands leisure as well as material consumption. On that note, I think I'll take the rest of the weekend off.
Posted by jeremy at August 10, 2003 10:16 AM
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