Americans Richer But Unhappier

Released by the State of the Nation Project, a group of scholars from across the political spectrum, the “State of the States” report analyzed 31 measures of national well-being across 14 topic areas, from mental health and education to income, violence, and trust. A picture emerges of a country where economic growth has become untethered from actual human happiness, and where not a single state is improving on life satisfaction. Scholars and advisors from seven leading think tanks, who between them have advised the past five U.S. presidents from Clinton through Trump, make up the group behind the report. That such a politically diverse group reached consensus on these findings is itself part of the story. Its members write that assembling such a wide-ranging group and agreeing on the findings “is itself a sign that we are more unified than we think,” even as the data they assembled tells a story of a nation fraying in ways that a booming stock market cannot fix. https://studyfinds.com/america-at-250-happiness-rankings/