Gross National HappinessWhy Happiness Matters for America — and How We Can Get More of It
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Gross National Happiness cover Is America Happy?

In Gross National Happiness, Arthur Brooks, author of the controversial and strikingly original Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism, reveals the main sources of bliss—and misery—in America. Based on an enormous and unbiased array of hard data, Gross National Happiness offers up some very unconventional wisdom about our happiness as individuals and as a nation. More

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Arthur BrooksHear Arthur C Brooks discuss his provocative new book, Gross National Happiness, as he describes the great divide between the happy and the unhappy in America, largely due to the differences in social and cultural values of our country. More

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