Abstract

Thrive: The Power of Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies Richard Layard and David M Clark Allen Lane, 2014 HB, 384pp, £20.00, 978-1846146053 Richard Layard is a Labour peer and a distinguished economist and David Clark is Professor of Psychology at Oxford. They are both key figures in the NHS IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) programme. Their book was published not long after another of the same name, by Arianna Huffington, the high-profile founder of the Huffington Post . Both deal in different ways with the pursuit of happiness. Huffington’s road to personal wellbeing involves the ‘Third Metric’, which comprises getting a lot of sleep, mindfulness, relaxation, unplugging, watching your sugar intake, and …

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