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These panel members and other psychologists and sociologists have long noted that an increase in personal wealth above a certain income (about $12,000 a year per person, in some studies) has only a small effect on life satisfaction. Far more important is a person's relative position in society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Searching for a Better Wealth Measure Than GDP | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

Many of the country's mexicanos negros (black Mexicans), as they are called, know that their ancestors arrived in chains on boats that docked at ports in the sultry, steamy state of Veracruz. But they don't know much else. Indeed, Afro-Mexicans say that much of the history of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blacks in Mexico: A Forgotten Minority | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

Fishermen remain unconvinced. José López hasn't had time to read the commission's agreement but is concerned with it nonetheless. President of a group called Friends of the Tuna - which unites practitioners of the almadraba, an ancient, artisanal method of tuna fishing in the Mediterranean - L...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe Moves Closer to Banning Bluefin-Tuna Trade | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

If the Army's new mental-toughness initiative, set to kick off in October, is to be successful, it needs buy-in from the people it plans to train. It can be a tough sell. At Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in N.C., Adam Credle, who teaches military, law enforcement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Samurai Mind Training for Modern American Warriors | 9/6/2009 | See Source »

In an effort to help spread the load across Europe, the European Commission unveiled new plans on Wednesday for resettling refugees, arguing that the European Union should "take on a greater share of the burden of meeting resettlement needs worldwide." The scheme could save lives as it aims to discourage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe Moves to Open Doors to More Refugees | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

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