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Why So Serious? The Case for National and Individual American Happiness - Colson Combs LANG 120 Problems and Solutions Project 4/20/2022
It’s no secret that the United States is far from among the happiest countries in the world. As the fields of Positive Psychology and Happiness Research have grown in recent years, so too has our awareness of our own dissatisfaction, despite our status as one of the most prosperous nations in the world. The disconnect between our apparent success as a country and the reported happiness of American citizens is causing many to question measuring American wellbeing in terms of GDP and other cold, mechanical indicators (Ingraham). "diagram crisis curve" by iXimus [Pixabay License (https://pixabay.com/service/license/)] Source: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/diagram-crisis-curve-down-loss-5222683/ The World Happiness Report, published annually by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network since 2012, analyzes Gallup poll data from around the world every year and summarizes it in a series of papers discussing various prominent factors in the state of happiness....
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