It's not just the recession, as this fascinating graphic — based on a Gallup poll of "subjective well-being" taken daily — shows, based on a statistical resampling of results by Princeton economist Angus Deaton. Here's the logic, from Ezra Klein's great WonkBlog: There are some big changes that seem to make sense: a big dropContinue reading “What makes Americans unhappy?”
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An Unboring Life…
…may not be lucrative, but at least it gives you a chance to become a person you want to be. Or, as Ibsen put it, in his usual gentle way: What is healthy is the happiness one acquires through one's own will. via Jessica Hagy's great Indexed, which kindly allows others to link and copy.