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Are We Happy Yet? Don’t Just Count the Numbers

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Are We Happy Yet? Don’t Just Count the Numbers
A young couple may not realize how happy they are, only coming to see it after reflecting later in life. Candice Picard/Unsplash
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Are people happy? It’s difficult to know even whether they think they are. Certainly, people are disgruntled lately. According to explosive new data from the General Social Survey, 24 percent of Americans say they’re not too happy, and only 19 percent say they are very happy. A lot of that disgruntlement is about COVID.
J. Budziszewski
J. Budziszewski
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J. Budziszewski, a professor of government and philosophy at the University of Texas, is the author of the new book "How and How Not to Be Happy" (Regnery, 2022). He writes about ethics and politics, and blogs at UndergroundThomist.org.
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