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How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country’s health
Society, Politics & Law

How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country’s health

...thinking, where morality and ethics take a back seat and bureaucratic cost-benefit analysis is the norm. Transcript Happiness is complicated The World Happiness Report uses a mix of GDP, social support (as measured by someone to count on in times of trouble), healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity (as measured by donations) and perceptions of...
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Why do call centre staff use your name all the time, Chris?
Money & Business

Why do call centre staff use your name all the time, Chris?

...think just about everyone in the world hates call centres and this automated drive.” What this study suggests, however, is that call centre agents are not the ones to blame for any shortcomings in service. They do the best they can, responding as anyone would to the high pressure they are under. Call centre jobs are notorious worldwide for their high levels of turnover,...
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Street Science with Jon Chase
Health, Sports & Psychology

Street Science with Jon Chase

...thinks they can get this into the bottle without moving the bottle? Go on try it. This is street science; it means you can do it. It’s not about me, it’s about you, you can do it, go on try it. Student Blow it… Jon Chase Blow it. Yeah go on. Student Ow. Jon Chase Yeah… Student Just blow it yeah. Jon Chase However you think. Student Well you can’t blow it,...
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Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?
History & The Arts

Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?

...thinks now and how they thought then is the same. That, in short, there is a common cognitive architecture or chain of reasoning that links the two. Racism is based in the contrary assumption of absolute cognitive difference. [ Aztec warriors led by an eagle knight, each holding a macuahuitl club. Copy of a painting from Florentine Codex, book IX] But there was also the...
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How to say no at work without guilt or conflict
Education & Development

How to say no at work without guilt or conflict

...think – are you ‘that person’ who always steps forward to take something on? On the other hand, you don’t want to appear as if you’re not up to the job, or not enough of a team-player, by always turning things down. How can you refuse a request without causing offence? If you say no to something, will that give your colleagues or managers reason to doubt your...
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Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...thinking through the course's key questions in more depth, watch this short film explaining how the census data can help us understand religious identity in Milton Keynes: NARRATOR Are we getting less religious? Every ten years in the UK we have a national census, giving us data about the way we live – and since 2001 that’s included our religious identification. What...
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EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...system stable, maintaining a 2% inflation target and ensuring the health of financial firms under the Prudential Regulation Agency. But it’s also too old and wise an institution to take political sides in the Brexit debate. The assessment it published last October states clearly that EU membership has made the UK economy more open to trade, which helps it become more...
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What does a Trump victory mean for Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

What does a Trump victory mean for Britain?

...system that Britain remains a committed member of. Britain’s hopes of securing global trade deals depends on the rest of the world being open to such approaches. A Trump presidency would help push us all towards a world that isn’t like that. ‘The’ Special Relationship If Britain can expect an exemption from Trump’s protectionism then does that not point to the...
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