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Save to My PortfolioAre the Media Making Us Feel Worse?

Gregg Easterbrook, June 16, 2008, NPR's Talk of the Nation

Americans are bombarded by negative images of life nationally and around the world. But are things really as bad as they seem? Gregg Easterbrook argues that, "even if a recession has begun, occasional cycles of slow or no growth are the price we pay for the much longer cycles of boom" — and that we really are better off than what we're being told to believe. Read More

Happiness, Quality-of-Life Issues, Subjective Well-being

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Save to My PortfolioLife Is Good, So Why Do We Feel So Bad?

Gregg Easterbrook, June 13, 2008, The Wall Street Journal

Most Americans perceive the nation in a pessimistic state.  With the economy in turmoil, gas prices rising dramatically, and the housing market down, Americans are negatively viewing the current state of the nation.  However, Gregg Easterbrook argues that we should feel good about our standing and that America is in a better state than before. Read More

Happiness, Quality-of-Life Issues, Subjective Well-being

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Save to My PortfolioHow Can We Restore Americans' Sense of Optimism?

Gregg Easterbrook, June 11, 2008, NewTalk

Some have suggested that optimism has faded because Americans have lost confidence in the country’s ability to steer the country in the right direction. Gregg Easterbrook joins a panel of experts on NewTalk to engage in a running discussion about restoring Americans' sense of optimism. Read More

U.S. Politics, Happiness, Civil Society, Quality-of-Life Issues

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Save to My PortfolioHappiness And Health: Lessons—And Questions—For Public Policy

Carol Graham, January/February 2008, Project HOPE - Health Affairs January/February 2008

Carol Graham reviews the happiness-health relationship from an economics perspective, highlighting the role of adaptation. Read More

Happiness, Economic Mobility, Health Care

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Save to My PortfolioShopping and Happiness

Carol Graham, November 27, 2007, NPR - The Kojo Nnamdi Show

It's supposed to be the "most wonderful time of the year." But for many Americans, the obligatory shopping that we do around the holidays results in more stress and less contentment. Carol Graham considers how shopping affects our happiness levels and whether ratcheting down our consumption will make us more or less content as a society. Read More

Happiness, Social Issues

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Save to My PortfolioObesity and the Influence of Others

Carol Graham, H. Peyton Young and Ross A. Hammond, August 21, 2007, The Washington Post

Op-ed by Carol Graham, Ross A. Hammond and H. Peyton Young (08/21/07) Read More

Happiness, Technology, Global Economics, Development, Subjective Well-being

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Save to My PortfolioFor Frustrated Achievers, More Is Less

Carol Graham, July 12, 2007, Yahoo! Finance

Article about Carol Graham (07/12/07) Read More

Happiness, Global Economics, Development, Subjective Well-being

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Save to My PortfolioMeasuring Happiness

Carol Graham, January 09, 2007, The Kojo Nnamdi Show (WAMU)

Interview wth Carol Graham, The Kojo Nnamdi Show (1/9/07) Read More

Macroeconomics, Happiness, Global Economics, Development, Subjective Well-being

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Save to My PortfolioOptimism and Poverty in Africa: Adaptation or a Means to Survival?

Carol Graham, October 2006, The Brookings Institution

Paper by Carol Graham (October 2006) Read More

Africa, Happiness, Global Economics, Development, Subjective Well-being

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Save to My PortfolioVariance in Obesity Across Cohorts and Countries: A Norms Based Explanation Using Happiness Surveys

Carol Graham and Andrew Felton, September 2005, CSED Working Paper # 42

CSED Working Paper by Carol Graham and Andrew Felton (September 2005) Read More

Health Care, Happiness

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Economics of Happiness

Carol Graham, September 01, 2005, World Economics

Article by Carol Graham, World Economics (September 2005) Read More

Happiness, Global Economics, Development, Subjective Well-being

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Save to My PortfolioSome Insights on Development from the Economics of Happiness

Carol Graham, April 01, 2005, World Bank Research Observer

Article by Carol Graham, World Bank Research Observer (April 2005) Read More

Happiness, Global Economics, Development, Subjective Well-being

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDoes Inequality Matter to Individual Welfare? An Initial Exploration Based on Happiness Surveys from Latin America

Andrew Felton and Carol Graham, January 2005, CSED Working Paper # 38

CSED working paper 38 on perceptions of inequality among Latin Americans Read More

U.S. Poverty, Welfare, Social Norms, Happiness, Global Economics

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Economics of Happiness

Carol Graham, 15-Jul-04, NPR's On Point

Interview with Carol Graham, NPR's On Point (7/15/04) Read More

U.S. Poverty, Welfare, Happiness, Global Economics, Development

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDoes Happiness Pay? An Exploration Based on Panel Data from Russia

Andrew Eggers, Carol Graham and Sandip Sukhtankar, Feb-04, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Paper by Carol Graham, Andrew Eggers, and Sandip Sukhtankar Read More

U.S. Poverty, Welfare, Happiness, Global Economics, Development

In Brief

Analyzing the economics of happiness combines the techniques of economists and psychologists. Experts have measured the sense of well-being of hundreds of thousands of people around the world, and examined the surprising range of factors contributing to happiness.

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Carol Graham

Carol Graham

Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Foreign Policy
Charles Robinson Chair in Foreign Policy Studies

Carol Graham’s research focuses on poverty, inequality, public health, and novel measures of well-being. Her projects have included a focus on the developing world and Latin America.
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