Happiness
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In the end, surveys suggest that what people want most is not wealth so much as
happiness
and the satisfaction that comes from a full and meaningful life.
Studies of
happiness
show that unemployment reduces
happiness
by as much as the loss of a family member.
But my
happiness
is tempered by where I sit, close to the border with Zimbabwe – a country where the writ of habeas corpus and the rule of law have become obsolete.
But there is another critical aspect to success and
happiness
that is often overlooked during these garlanded celebrations of academic achievement: family.
One reason for this is that the language of human science draws on our ordinary understanding of what it is to be human, to live in society, to have moral convictions, aspire to happiness, and so on.
Happiness, Money, and Giving It AwayWould you be happier if you were richer?
But research conducted over many years suggests that greater wealth implies greater
happiness
only at quite low levels of income.
Beyond that point, an increase in income doesn’t make a lot of difference to people’s
happiness.
Americans in the middle-income range today – that is, a family income of $50,000-$90,000 – have a level of
happiness
that is almost identical to well-off Americans, with a family income of more than $90,000.
Most surveys of
happiness
simply ask people how satisfied they are with their lives.
In an article published in Science on June 30, they report that their data confirm that there is little correlation between income and
happiness.
Of course, there is nothing new in the idea that money does not buy
happiness.
What, then, does Buffett’s life tell us about the nature of
happiness?
Buffett reminds us that there is more to
happiness
than being in a good mood.
A progressive realist policy must advance the promise of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” enshrined in American tradition.
The Genetic TemptationA gene for social skills, we are told, has now entered the fast growing Pantheon of genes "for" various human behaviors and dispositions--taking its place alongside genes for risk-taking, happiness, aggression, and sexual orientation, among others.
A few bold thinkers advocate a world with open borders, arguing that this would greatly boost both global GDP and average global
happiness.
As a card-carrying member of the economics profession, I have been trained to view the world from the perspective of the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham, according to whom the purpose of public policy is to create the greatest
happiness
for the greatest number of people.
No wonder, then, that while Obama used his eight minutes in Panama to delineate concrete policy initiatives that would bring
happiness
to the greatest number, Castro spent 48 minutes reinventing the past.
What does “too fat” mean in terms of individual
happiness
and health?
This is not to say that there are no health problems associated with fat, but we have created a moral panic about the impact of increased weight on society, on the family, and on our
happiness.
The empirical study of
happiness
has produced evidence that the satisfaction from buying objects is short-lived and depends on continued repetition.
Vladimir Putin, by contrast, exudes energy and health, and may still reassure many segments of Russian society whose main concern is their country’s glory rather than its citizens’
happiness.
We should intensify our efforts to slow population growth through voluntary means, and we should recognize that leveling off of the Earth's population now would add to human
happiness
and strengthen environmental sustainability later.
We worry about the state of the economy from year to year; but we consider our
happiness
over the course of a lifetime, while our concern for the environment will mainly benefit future generations.
Neuroscientists have identified three components of altruism that anyone can develop as acquired skills: empathy (understanding and sharing the feelings of another), loving kindness (the wish to spread happiness), and compassion (a desire to relieve the suffering of another).
The Achievement MythNEW YORK – In late September, the American press was filled with data on women’s
happiness.
Would the Sunni Islamists who comprise the majority of the opposition on the ground really just turn in their weapons, shrug off all that pesky extremism, and embrace life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness
under a democratic government?
The keys to that period of growth and
happiness
were a strong social welfare system and mainly Keynesian domestic and foreign economic policies in all the world’s big states.
Governments can’t legislate
happiness
or ban depression, but public policy can play a role in ensuring that people have time to relax with friends, and pleasant places to do it.
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