What is your happiness worth? Should we live for today or for tomorrow? We look at the science behind the wellbeing movement and the countries that are measuring their success as units of happiness rather than GDP.

Hosted by Matt Armitage and Richard Bradbury.

Produced by Richard Bradbury for BFM 89.9.

Episode Sources: 

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305173-what-really-makes-people-happy-and-can-you-learn-to-be-happier/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333703-200-the-happiness-revolution-how-to-boost-the-well-being-of-society/

https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_National_Happiness

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/01/bhutan-wealth-happiness-counts

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/07/11/new-zealand-ditches-gdp-for-happiness-and-wellbeing/?sh=5a2eb3351942

Listen:

The music that made this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5o85xTNsPrQ2PWH8n2RanP?si=211f46a9cef846e9

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6YDKF5swtwuUifah77bOJU?si=b99600350e9d4ef4

https://academic.oup.com/ppar/article/27/4/127/4782506?login=true

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