Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the richer we get, yet we are addicted to earning and spending more every year.

Quote by Polly Toynbee

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Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying.

Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying.

Thresholds of pain, indignity and incapacity are entirely personal.

Thresholds of pain, indignity and incapacity are entirely personal.

One in six people suffer depression or a chronic anxiety disorder. These are not the...

One in six people suffer depression or a chronic anxiety disorder. These are not the...

Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability.

Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability.

In the polls, over 80% support the right to die and have done for the...

In the polls, over 80% support the right to die and have done for the...

Crime is only the worst example, but it is a paradigm for other Labour policy...

Crime is only the worst example, but it is a paradigm for other Labour policy...

My Lords temporal, today is the day to rise up against the regiment of Lords...

My Lords temporal, today is the day to rise up against the regiment of Lords...

Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying.

Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying.

But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the...

But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the...

Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there...

Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there...

But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined...

But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined...

The best care on earth cannot prevent us all dying in the end.

The best care on earth cannot prevent us all dying in the end.

It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them,...

It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them,...

There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing...

There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing...

People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many...

People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many...

But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more...

But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more...

This is indeed a clash of civilisations, not between Islam and Christendom but between reason...

This is indeed a clash of civilisations, not between Islam and Christendom but between reason...

The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the...

The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the...

Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the...

Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the...

So what really works? Treatments in jail do some good, but it's mostly too late:...

So what really works? Treatments in jail do some good, but it's mostly too late:...