Why We Want To Win the Lottery

When researchers looked at the impact of winning the lottery, they reported some surprisimng rsults about our how our well-being changed.

How Our Income and Spending Can Create Happiness

Trying to determine the connection between money and happiness, scholars are looking at what we earn and what we buy.

Where Life Is Better

When approximately 43,000 people in 38 countries look back to 1967, some say life is better but others do not. The Pew Research Center gathered their answers last spring. The most positive response came from Vietnam and India. The most…

Why Measuring Happiness is Tough

Measuring happiness is tough because of the difference between what we actually experience and what we remember about those moments.