For Frustrated Achievers, More Is Less

Happiness, Global Economics, Development, Subjective Well-being

Carol Graham, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development

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July 12, 2007 —

Economist Carol Graham studies globalization, market reforms, income mobility, and growth in developing societies. A senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a professor at the University of Maryland, Graham doesn't think of herself as a happiness researcher.

But then she discovered that something funny was happening on the way up the economic ladder.