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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

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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

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Save to My PortfolioScience: Worker Burnout and Taking Risks

Clifford Winston, June 09, 2008, washingtonpost.com

Clifford Winston joins Shankar Vedantam of the Washington Post to discuss human behavior and worker burnout on washingtonpost.com Department of Human Behavior online chat. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioThe Middle-Class Squeeze

Gregg Easterbrook and Elizabeth Warren, January 11, 2008, American Public Media, Marketplace

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioObesity and the Influence of Others

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

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioEconomic Anxiety and the American Dream

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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFor Frustrated Achievers, More Is Less

Carol Graham, July 12, 2007, Yahoo! Finance

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMeasuring Happiness

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

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Logic of Authoritarian Bargains: A Test of a Structural Model

Anders Olofsgard, Raj M. Desai and Tarik Yousef, January 01, 2007, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioInexcusable Absence

Marlaine E. Lockheed and Maureen A. Lewis, January 01, 2007

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

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

Carol Graham, October 2006, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioRetailers Operating at a Profit

Alyssa Stewart Lee and J. Pari Sabety, October 01, 2006

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Save to My PortfolioCheap Food, Societal Norms

Carol Graham, August 25, 2006, Wall Street Journal: Econoblog

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Save to My PortfolioOECD Factbook 2006

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Save to My PortfolioGive Us Your Best and Brightest

Devesh Kapur and John McHale, September 01, 2005

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