GDP up, happiness down

Friday, December 16, 2011 - 21:30 in Earth & Climate

The gross domestic product of the United States -- that oft-cited measure of economic health -- has been ticking upward for the last two years. But what would you see if you could see a graph of gross domestic happiness? Scientists have made such a graph -- and the trend is down.

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