The “happiness” literature purports to speak about levels of happiness in various countries. Popular journalism then purports to explain why the happiest places are happy — and it’s always because of the state. Is there anything to this research?
About the Guest
Gene Epstein is economics and book review editor of Barron’s.
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Econospinning: How to Read Between the Lines When the Media Manipulate the Numbers
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Ep. 462 We Found a Major Flaw in the Egalitarian Argument
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