January 9, 2025
The recent death of Richard Easterlin takes us back to his benchmark 1974 study of money and happiness and the avalanche of responses.
The recent death of Richard Easterlin takes us back to his benchmark 1974 study of money and happiness and the avalanche of responses.
Including topics that focus on money, gender, and geography, a recent paper reports what makes us more and less happy.
In 1974, a University of Pennsylvania economist concluded that there was a happiness plateau. Yes, we feel increasingly good as our income grows. But not beyond […]
Although psychologists have expanded the definition of the good life, still, the same economic policies relate to sustaining it.