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Lord Richard Layard

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Politican and economics professor

Lord Richard Layard was educated at Eton, King's College, Cambridge, and the London School of Economics. He served on the Robbins Committee on Higher Education in the 1960s. Layard founded LSE's Centre for Economic Performance in 1990, and currently serves there as a progamme director. He was created a life peer in 2000, as Baron Layard of Highgate.

Layard is a proponent of 'Happiness Economics', which posits that income is not necessarily a good measure of happiness.

Previous IQ² events featuring Lord Richard Layard

Energy

"Energy Game changers", featuring Professor Wilhelm Schäfer, Robin Grimes and Colin Tudge, March 28th at RIBA

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Israel debate

"The best chance for peace between Israel and Palestine is for Uncle Sam to butt out”, featuring William Sieghart, 27th Feb 2012

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Origins of sex

Rising star historian Faramerz Dabhoiwala on the origins of sex and how the permissive society arrived in Western Europe, 15th Feb

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