The Happiness Formula - BBC TV 2006 - part 3b

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Mark Easton goes on a journey to understand what lasting happiness is.

Part 3: The price of happiness

As a society we are richer than we have ever been but according to scientists we are not any happier.

Psychologists say we are driven by our in-built need to compare ourselves with others, and we quickly adapt to money and possessions.

We explore what could be done to improve our consumer society - should we ban advertising for children, tax the rich, commute less or work less?