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Since most families own their homes, the country is happier when real estate prices are going up. But it is healthier when prices are going down. Look at it this way: in the housing market, people fall into three categories. Some, mostly young folks, are trying to buy their first home. Some, at various stages of midlife, own a home but will trade up someday, or at least think about it. And some, mostly older, are trying to sell and downsize. Who is served by soaring house prices? Not the first group: rising prices make it hard for those people...
...collapse in 2001 doesn’t redeem me in their eyes. Engaged in an Argentine-beer-fueled, late-night debate about the evils of the U.S.’s foreign policy, I explained that I had voted against Bush in 2004, and that I would be happier to see him go than most. The Argentines present weren’t placated. “He’s ruining your country and the world,” they said. “You can’t just vote against Bush. You have to take to the streets...
...longer feels she has to apologize for being single. "I've finally matured enough to acknowledge that there's more to life than being married," she says. "I'd like to get married and have kids, but something in the past few years has changed. I'm happier being single...
...introduction to "Happier," Ben-Shahar says that his book will translate the often confusing and inaccessible academic studies on positive psychology into simple, practical applications that can be found in self-help books—but without the nonsense...
...combining both practical applications and easy-to-understand theories about positive psychology, "Happier" lives up to its claims of providing a roadmap for instilling happiness-increasing habits in one’s life. Although simply reading the book won’t give you an instant glow, putting the behaviors Ben-Shahar suggests into practice may very well make you—well, happier...