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#28 – Anna Alexandrova on Measuring Well-Being and Alternatives to Technocracy

May 3, 2021

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The Not in My Back Yard Kind of Problem?

05:16

The Role of Formal Models in Social Science

03:35

Well Being Policy

04:15

Introduction

6min

Adults in the Room

2min

What Does Well Being Mean?

4min

The Philosophy of Well Being

3min

What Is the Best Thing to Measure Well Being?

3min

The Measure of Well Being

2min

Is There Much Credence in the Policy Space That Gets Given to These Objective Measures?

2min

The New Basis for Policy

5min

Is There a Difference Between Consumption and Life Satisfaction?

2min

10.

Well Being Policy

4min

11.

Are You Using Life Satisfaction to Decide Where Your Money Goes?

6min

12.

How to Address the Symptoms of a System That Induces Suffering

5min

13.

Is There a Solution to Mental Health Services in Developing Countries?

6min

14.

The Not in My Back Yard Kind of Problem?

5min

15.

The Role of Formal Models in Social Science

4min

16.

The Prisoner's Dilemma

3min

17.

Are You Investing in a Better Application of Models or a Less Model Building?

3min

18.

The Political Economy of Contemporary Social Sciences Matters for This Decision

3min

19.

Is There a Standard Picture of Philosophy or Science?

5min

20.

Are You Too Common to Come to Economists and Tel Economists, Can You Do Less Modelling?

2min

21.

Is There a Numerical Indicator for Well Being?

2min

22.

What Influences You Most Likely Have in Your Life?

3min

Anna Alexandrova is a Reader in Philosophy of Science at University of Cambridge. She studies the philosophy of social sciences, focusing on the use (and abuse) of formal models, and the measurement of well-being. Anna is the author of A Philosophy for the Science of Well-Being (2017).

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#28 – Anna Alexandrova on Measuring Well-Being and Alternatives to Technocracy

The Not in My Back Yard Kind of Problem?

The Role of Formal Models in Social Science

Well Being Policy

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