In Happiness for All?, Carol Graham raises disquieting ideas about today's United States. The challenge she puts … citizens have downwardly trended happiness levels. There is, however, one bright side to an otherwise dark story. The happiness …

affect measures - life satisfaction, enjoyment, smiling and being well-rested - and four negative affect variables - pain … ranks lowest - just below South Sudan. The Nordic countries that traditionally rank high using life satisfaction do not rank … the World Happiness Index and are more comparable to those obtained with the Human Development Index. The state level …