The Lord of Happiness?

The Telegraph reported that money does not buy happiness.

What really caught my eye is that the Brits have a Lord of Happiness. See this from the article:

Lord Layard, a Government adviser on happiness, said: “There has been no upward trend in happiness despite the fact that we are richer, healthier, and have longer holidays. That is the challenge to government policy and to our own lifestyle.”

If we turn happiness over to the government and transform it into policy, might not this be part of our happiness conundrum?

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