The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being
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The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
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Getting richer is not the only or even the best way of getting happier. Social and political liberation is far more effective, says the political scientist Ronald Ingleheart: the big gains in happiness come from living in a society that frees you to make choices about your lifestyle – about where to live, who to marry, how to express your sexuality... See more
Matt Ridley • The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (P.S.)
“Everywhere that I have studied happiness some very simple patterns hold: a stable marriage, good health, and enough (but not too much) income are good for happiness. Unemployment, divorce, and economic instability are terrible for happiness—everywhere that happiness is studied.”
Jonathan Rauch • The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50
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“The objective of policy should be to reduce human suffering. We aim for a lower U-index in society. Dealing with depression and extreme poverty should be a priority.” “The easiest way to increase happiness is to control your use of time. Can you find more time to do the things you enjoy doing?” “Beyond the satiation level of income, you can buy mo
... See moreDaniel Kahneman • Thinking, Fast and Slow
The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science
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the most important finding of all is that happiness does not really depend on objective conditions of either wealth, health or even community. Rather, it depends on the correlation between objective conditions and subjective expectations.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
