The psychological cost of a few years of recession can wipe out the benefits of many years of growth. Jan-Emmanuel De Neve of the Centre for Economic Performance explains his latest research on the effect of the recent recession on people's wellbeing.
This clip look at the impact of recessions on well-being - and suggests...surprise, surprise that there are asymmetric effects of both economic growth and recession. Who would have thought it. given the voluminous literature highlighting loss aversion?
It's interesting but I hardly think it ground-breaking - apart from making the case for government's placing greater emphasis on stable, sustainable, inclusive economic growth, and the argument that economic growth has little long-run effect on increasing economic growth.