A critique of 'happiness'

THE MIDLANDS PSYCHOLOGY GROUP questions whether Lord Layard’s
focus is all wrong. Perhaps unhappiness is one of our most precious assets?
http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~hujc4/questioning%20happiness.pdf

Here the issue of income inequality is discussed, and a critical analysis of some of Richard Layard's claims about 'happiness' also undertaken.

money as a signifier of a social system

A bit of satire illustrating that money is a signifier of a social system ; )

http://www.theonion.com/articles/us-economy-grinds-to-halt-as-nation-realizes-money,2912/