Yes, money can buy happiness and our well-being doesn't plateau as we get richer
We've been asking ourselves, for ages, what is it that makes us happy. It turns out it was money all along
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We've been asking ourselves, for ages, what is it that makes us happy. It turns out it was money all along
The psychologist Steven Pinker has long believed we should be more optimistic – and even current crises do not dissuade him
GDP data this week had investors asking if the U.S. is in recession. Maybe the question should be whether we're happy, not whether we're growing.
The bad news: Hawaii has a large percentage of people living close to the edge. The good news: they tend to be happier here than their peers elsewhere.
Depopulation places an unsustainable burden on a diminishing workforce, as fewer workers are available to support an increasing number of seniors. But technological improvements in egg freezing have resulted in vastly improved pregnancy rates and could help slow the decline in births.