{"product_id":"乜嘢最重要-快樂生活vs腰纏萬貫","title":"Happiness depends on health and friends, not money, says new study","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n        * {\n            box-sizing: border-box;  \n        }\n        p {\n            margin-top: 0;\n            margin-bottom: 16px;\n            text-align: justify;\t\n        }\n        strong {\n            font-weight: bold;\t\n        }\n        \n  .container {\n    max-width: 100%;\n    margin: 0 auto;\n  }\n\n        .image-box {\n            display: flex;\n            flex-direction: column;\t\t\n            gap: 12px;\t\t\t\t\n        }\n        .image-box img {\n            display: block;\t\t\t\n            width: 100%;\t\t\t\n            height: auto;\t\t\t\n            object-fit: cover;\t\t\n            border-radius: 4px;\t\t\n\t    margin: 5px 0;\t\t\t\n        }\n\n@media (min-width: 600px) {\n    body {\n        margin: 0 auto;\n    }\n  .image-box.img-2,\t\t\t\t\t \n  .image-box.img-3 {\n    flex-direction: row;\n  }\n  .image-box.img-2 img {\t\t\t\t  \n    width: calc(50% - 6px);\n  }\n  .image-box.img-3 img {\t\t\t\t \n    width: calc(33.333% - 4px);\n}\n    \u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost human misery can be blamed on failed relationships and physical and mental illness rather than money problems and poverty, according to a landmark study by a team of researchers at the London School of Economics (LSE).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEliminating depression and anxiety would reduce misery by 20% compared to just 5% if policymakers focused on eliminating poverty, the report found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLord Richard Layard, who led the report, said on average people have become no happier in the last 50 years, despite average incomes more than doubling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image-box\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/3934\/3478\/files\/12-22_7c449afa-2430-4576-8d16-5c0899e2399d.png?v=1793342784\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe economist and former adviser to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown said the study, called Origins of Happiness, showed that measuring people’s satisfaction with their lives should be a priority for every government. The researchers analysed data from four countries including the US and Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExtra spending on reducing mental illness would be self-financing, the researchers added, because it would be recovered by the government through higher employment and increased tax receipts together with a reduction in NHS costs from fewer GP visits and hospital A\u0026amp;E admissions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Tackling depression and anxiety would be four times as effective as tackling poverty. It would also pay for itself,” he said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe report supports the arguments put forward by Layard over several decades that social and psychological factors are more important to the wellbeing of individuals than income levels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Having a partner is as good for you as being made unemployed is bad for you,” he said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe report claims that state-run organisations, including schools, must become more focused on tackling anxiety and mental health issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This evidence demands a new role for the state – not ‘wealth creation’ but ‘wellbeing creation’,” Layard said. “In the past, the state has successively taken on poverty, unemployment, education and physical health. But equally important now are domestic violence, alcoholism, depression and anxiety conditions, alienated youth, exam mania and much else. These should become centre stage.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe economist said it was a curse on children that they were judged by society solely on their educational attainment. The report adds: “The strongest factor predicting a happy adult life is not children’s qualifications but their emotional health. There is also powerful evidence that schools have a big impact on children’s emotional health, and which school a child goes to will affect their emotional wellbeing as much as it affects their exam performance.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLayard rejected accusations that he was arguing against closing income inequalities but said improvements in mental health services would have a greater impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSource: The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lifewire HK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49195562008694,"sku":null,"price":4770.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/3934\/3478\/files\/12-22-1.png?v=1793342814","url":"https:\/\/www.lifewire.hk\/en\/products\/%e4%b9%9c%e5%98%a2%e6%9c%80%e9%87%8d%e8%a6%81-%e5%bf%ab%e6%a8%82%e7%94%9f%e6%b4%bbvs%e8%85%b0%e7%ba%8f%e8%90%ac%e8%b2%ab","provider":"Lifewire HK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}