Laurie Taylor talks to Daniel Miller, Professor of Anthropology at University College London, about his highly original exploration of what life could and should be. It juxtaposes a philosophical enquiry into the nature of the good life with an in-depth study of people living in a small Irish town. Just how much can we learn from a respectful acknowledgment of what far from extraordinary people have achieved? By creating community, they’ve provided the foundation for a fulfilling life, one that is ‘good enough’.
Also, Carol Graham, Director of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, argues for the importance of hope - a concept little studied in economics. She argues that individual unhappiness and public policy problems can’t be solved without the belief that we can make things better.
Producer: Jayne Egerton
Taste and Lifestyle
Dance Culture
Democracy
Poverty
Elite Universities - Working Class Students
Asylum and 'Home'
Museums
Religion of Work and Welfare
Parenting
Dirty Work
Self-improvement
The football pools - mass investment
The Internet - how it shapes the past and the future
The NHS
Protests
Gender and Alcohol
Futilitarianism - Extreme Pessimists
Rules and Order
Gentrification revisited
The Sea
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