EPISODE · Apr 10, 2009 · 18 MIN
5: Happiness and the Easterlin paradox
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Richard Easterlin interviewed by Romesh Vaitilingam, 10 April 2009Richard Easterlin of the University of Southern California talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about the Easterlin paradox – his finding, first published in 1974, that although people with higher incomes are more likely to report being happy, rising incomes do not lead to increases in subjective wellbeing. The interview was recorded at the American Economic Association meetings in San Francisco in January 2009.
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