RSA Thursday: Happiness, Economics and Public Policy December 6, 2007

"With David Willetts MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities & Skills, Paul Ormerod, Director, Volterra Consulting and Daniel Ben-Ami, writer on finance and economics.

Join our panel of speakers as they consider politicians’ growing preoccupation with measures of ‘wellbeing’. Is it really possible to measure society’s happiness? And should policymakers claim that they can control and increase happiness through public policy decisions?"

Official Website: http://www.rsa.org.uk/events/detail.asp?eventID=2444