LSEIQ Episode 6 | What’s the secret to happiness?

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  Welcome to LSEIQ, a podcast from the London School of Economics and Political Science,

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  where we ask leading social scientists and other experts to answer an intelligent question about economics,

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  politics or society.

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  Western societies have been getting steadily richer for several decades,

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  but all the scientific evidence shows that our happiness gauge has refused to budge since about 1950.

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  Although we have more possessions and more opportunities than our grandparents could ever have dreamed of,

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  we're no happier for it.

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  In fact, we now have more depression, more alcoholism and more crime.

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  In this episode, Joanna Bale asks, what's the secret to happiness?

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  Are you happy?

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  Yes, you, right now.

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  Are you listening to this with a big smile on your face or a spring in your step?

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  My guess is that you're probably feeling fair to middling, vaguely content,

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  perhaps hoping for a brighter future, maybe even sad, frustrated or angry.

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  Here's a story that will get you thinking about what really makes you happy.

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  There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village.

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  As he sat, he saw a fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore, having caught quite a few big fish.

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  The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, how long does it take you to catch so many fish?

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  The fisherman replied, oh, just a short while.

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  The businessman was astonished.

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