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Happiness

Why having a work spouse is good for you

by Jana Kasperkevic
Feb 9, 2018
It makes you more engaged.
Having a coworker to share jokes with can go a long way towards making you happier at work. 
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Introducing Crash Course Economics

by Adriene Hill
Oct 19, 2015
Marketplace's Adriene Hill co-hosts Crash Course Economics.
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What does it take for you to feel secure?

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Oct 16, 2015
How do you define that in your life? What are the specific things you're looking for?
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If you're happy and you know it, write a tweet

by Ben Johnson and Aparna Alluri
Feb 10, 2015
The "hedonometer" is a data-based meter that measures happiness in real time.
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Final Note

Money can buy you less unhappiness

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 23, 2015
Hidden among psychological mumbo-jumbo is a truth: Negative memories stick with us.
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What exists between desire and fulfillment?

by Eliza Mills
Jan 16, 2015
How the gap between wanting something and getting it affects our finances
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What brings people to cities with unhappy residents?

by Sally Herships
Jul 14, 2014
A study suggests residents of Rust Belt cities tend to say they aren't happy.
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Final Note

U.S. is 17th in happiness

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 9, 2013
Denmark tops the United Nation's World Happiness Report list. America drops to 17th.
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The new measure of America

by Mitchell Hartman
Jun 19, 2013
'Measure of America' is an index that wraps GDP, general well-being and access to opportunity into one number.
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Mid-day Update

United Nations looks at world happiness levels

by Jeremy Hobson and Stacey Vanek Smith
Apr 3, 2012
A new report of the world's happiest countries helps point to factors besides GDP that help contribute to a happy population.
A young boy smiles in Dublin, Ireland on March 17, 2012. A new study by the U.N. took happiness of countries into account for the first time.
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