Extensive analysis of 152 countries uncovers societal determinants of happiness
Eric W. Dolanpsypost.org
Extensive analysis of 152 countries uncovers societal determinants of happiness
is that average levels of happiness in the United States have risen very little if at all over the past 50 years despite substantial growth in per capita incomes.13
Derek Bok • The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being
high-inequality contexts make contentment even harder.
Keith Payne • The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Changes the Way We Think, Live and Die
Bergstrom (2022) finds that economic growth, as measured by the increase in national gross domestic product (GDP) per person, explains 90 per cent of the historical variation in poverty.
Paddy Carter • When growth does – and does not – reduce poverty
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