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‘The state of the state’
Over the last couple of years, I’ve been helping to coordinate members of the Economy & Society Editorial Board to produce a set of reflections on the changing face of ‘the state’. Following an event at UCL in February 2025 to prompt some short contributions, the journal has now published a combination of short pieces, with an Introduction by me and Andrew Barry.
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“Positive psychology, which repeats the mantra that happiness is a personal ‘choice’, is as a result largely unable to provide the exit from consumerism and egocentricity that its gurus sense many people are seeking.”
― The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being
― The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being
“The mood-tracking technologies, sentiment analysis algorithms and stress-busting meditation techniques are put to work in the service of certain political and economic interests.”
― The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being
― The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being
“The hope is that a fundamental flaw in our current political economy may be surmounted, without confronting any serious political–economic questions. Psychology is very often how societies avoid looking in the mirror.”
― The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being
― The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being
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