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Carol Graham, Senior Fellow, Brookings; College Park Professor, UMD; researches economics of happiness; well-being metrics/policy; 3 gorgeous kids!
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Happiness around the World: the paradox of happy peasants and miserable millionaires

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By Carol Graham
| LSE Connect
Thursday 3 December 2009 | 1 hour 25 minutes 15 seconds The determinants of happiness are remarkably similar around the world, in countries as different as Afghanistan, the U.S, and Chile. Income matters to happiness but only so much; friends, freedom, and employment are good for happiness, while crime, poor health, and divorce are bad. Paradoxically, however, people in places like Afghanistan can be as happy as those in much wealthier and safer ones like Chile.
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Monitoring well-being as a warning indicator

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By Carol Graham
| Brookings Institution
The science of well-being is relatively new. It was initially built on the work of the positive psychology movement but then developed as a collaboration between a small group of economists and psychologists three decades ago. It has now grown into a subfield in economics that integrates social science disciplines with medical science.
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Extraordinary or not so extraordinary times?

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By Carol Graham, Emily Dobson , Kasey Vangelov, Isabel Shaheen O'Malley
| Brookings Institution
Our federal policy landscape is changing rapidly. The laws and norms governing safety nets, universities, and health care systems are evolving faster than most people can process. These policy changes have been accompanied by increasingly negative political discourse that is spilling into communities and families. Are we living in extraordinary times?
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