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Matt Adler's Critique of Methods Based on the Value of a Statistical Life
Miles Kimball's Discussion of "When to Release the Lockdown: A Wellbeing Framework for Analysing Benefits and Costs," by Layard, Clark, De Neve, Krekel, Fancourt, Hey and O'Donnell
Christmas as a Clue to What People Want
On the Effability of the Ineffable
Joshua Greene, Steven Pinker, and Peter Singer on How to be Moral — and Happy
Matthew Robare: Classical Architecture Makes Vibrant Streets
Charlotte Graham-McLay—New Zealand’s Next Milestone: A Budget Guided by Well-Being
June Gruber: The Flip Side of Happiness
Sonya Huber, Gratitude Skeptic
Tropozoics
Alex Korb and Travis Bradberry: Some fMRI Evidence on Raising Happiness
Darrin McMahon: For Most of History, People Didn't Assume They Deserved to Be Happy. What Changed?
My Objective Function
Justin Wolfers and Robert Frank Discuss the Economics of Happiness at the Aspen Institute
Meadow DeVor: 10 Things You Should Give Up to Be Happy
Sarah Sloat: What is Cognitive Economics? Understanding the World Through New Types of Data
Tibor Scitovsky: Mankind is Desperately Anxious to Have an Index of Welfare
Daniel Akst: Your Moods Change the Way You Move Your Mouse
Matthew Vallade: Money Can Buy Happiness If You Know How
Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred From Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices
Justin Wolfers: Why Angus Deaton Deserved the Economics Nobel Prize
Thomas Hills, Eugenio Proto and Daniel Sgroi: Measuring Historical Happiness Through Digitized Books
Maria Popova: Bertrand Russell on the Vital Role of Boredom and “Fruitful Monotony” in the Conquest of Happiness
Aristotle's Eudaimonia
Virginia Postrel on Ideals
Virgina Postrel: Glamour Reveals Nonsatiation
Virginia Postrel: The Illusion of Living Without Illusions
Virginia Postrel: The Glamour of Harmony
Virginia Postrel: The Glamour of Terrorism
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