Andrew Oswald - The Economics of Happiness - Warwick Economics Summit 2013

A talk by Andrew Oswald on 'The Economics of Happiness' at the Warwick Economics Summit.
Andrew Oswald is an academic from Warwick's own Economics Department, where he arrived in 1996 having worked previously at Oxford, Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Cornell and the LSE.
His work is often a blend of economics and behavioural social science, and he has written extensively on the economics of happiness, in both academic publications and the popular press. A recent paper to which he contributed considered the evidence for midlife crises in apes.
Although he is regarded as a preeminent figure in the field of happiness economics, Andrew has also studied in depth areas including trade unions, entrepreneurship and the consequences of high oil prices.
An ISI Highly-Cited Researcher, he shows no sign of slowing down in 2013. Expect to read plenty more on the mechanics of happiness as the world's economic crisis lingers on.

[@philomenawimmer5340]

excellent presentation.

[@mikezooper]

Hilarious that people who have a higher blood pressure are less stressed. Maybe smokers and drinkers (people self-medicating) feel happier? The correlation that is most important is the empath / sociopathic spectrum. The more empathic someone is then the less happy they will be as they care too much, People towards the sociopathic end of the spectrum don't care so feel better. Modern society also rewards sociopaths. Society is a complete mess. Social change is needed. A society that supports people who are more empathic is needed. Almost all the people I know who suffer depression are just too empathic, there is nothing wrong with THEM, instead there is something very wrong with a society that favours sociopaths. Unfortunately there is a correlation between sociopathic tendencies and those in power, hence why empathic people are medicated and give behavioural conditioning / brainwashing to get them to conform (therapy is in the interested of a capitalist state, as are psychiatric drugs).