One of the great sadnesses of the social sciences, possibly of all sciences, is that ideas and theories seem to percolate through into the general population as great truths at just about the time ...

For some time now I've been musing and hinting that the Easterlin Paradox is in fact wrong. I've even, as here, suggested that we were on the cusp of having the information that would prove to use ...

A new collaborative paper by economist Richard Easterlin — namesake of the "Easterlin Paradox" and founder of the field of happiness studies — offers the broadest range of evidence to date ...

I am in shock. For years, my view of society has been shaped in large part by the Easterlin Paradox, the conclusion drawn from a study done in the 1970s that increasing the wealth of a society does ...

"Everybody wants more cash!" declares Capital One bankcard TV pitchman Jimmy Fallon. Everyone except for one cute baby, that is, who rejects Fallon's offer of 50 percent more cash back by throwing ...

In 1974, the economist Richard Easterlin made a shocking claim. Between 1946 and 1970, he said, Americans had not become happier, despite strong economic growth. Easterlin proposed a paradox: Yes, ...

I am not sure if Janan Ganesh (“The UK wants growth — just not that much”, Opinion, January 16) has heard of the Easterlin Paradox, or knows that after a long life Professor Richard Easterlin died at ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — December 9, 2010 — A new collaborative paper by economist Richard Easterlin — namesake of the "Easterlin Paradox" and founder of the field of happiness studies — offers the ...