The political economy of unhappiness

New Left Review

Volumn , Issue 71, 2011, Pages 65-80

  Davies, William ^a  

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21. The hr profession is also taking on healthcare responsibilities that were previously the preserve of the state. More employers now offer gym membership, physiotherapy, smoking-cessation programmes and even psychological counselling, as part of their own 'wellbeing' programmes. See Building the Case for Wellness, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, 2008.
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