The Fertility Rate: the Best Dam(n) Wellbeing Index Going Around?
Valiant attempts have been made to measure happiness and wellbeing. People much smarter than me have developed fancy indices, and people even smarter than that,...
Fatalism and counterfactuals in times of lockdowns
One of the more curious phenomena of the last 18 months has been the fatalism on display on both sides of the lockdown divide. In...
On Faust, Lord of the Rings, and lockdowns
A major theme in our book "the Great Covid Panic" (now also on Kindle!) is how a whole layer of politicians, medical advisers, and opportunistic...
The Great Covid Panic: now out!
It's here, the booklet I am sure you have all been waiting for. The one which Gigi Foster and Michael Baker slaved over for 10...
Sex and war in Afghanistan
I visited Afghanistan only once, on a brief visit in 2014. I fell off a donkey to great hilarity of the local villagers, slept in...
Pragmatic utilitarianism?
I have been a utilitarian for about 30 years now and am seen in my academic work as an extreme version of the genre. I...
Book Launch of the Handbook for Wellbeing Policy-Making July 1st
Wellbeing & Policy Making Book Launch Event on 1st July 5-6.30pm London Time. Attending the Launch is Free, the book is not! [blurb from Nancy...