The data show that liberals need a nudge to give.
How should an honest fiscal conservative view Obama's tax plan?
To "live simply" would not allow others to simply live. It would turn back the clock to a time when, unheard and unseen, the world's poorest would simply perish.
Leading thinkers, including two from AEI, assess what Google has accomplished on the occasion of its tenth anniversary.
Surveys show Americans are actually less upset than they were a dozen years ago.
Capitalism is the best framework for allowing people to succeed on their merits--and success is vital to happiness.
Happiness has a lot to do with values and it is key to our prosperity as a nation.
Some nations view income redistribution as a sensible way to ameliorate class tension, but income equalization strategies tend to lower entrepreneurial as well as labor incentives.
Children do not make their individual parents very happy, but they offer the broader society huge benefits.
Q & A with Arthur C. Brooks, whose new book says the liberal agenda takes a personal toll.
Money does not buy happiness, but success does. Capitalism, moored in values of hard work, honesty, and fairness, is key.
There appears to be a close correlation between happiness and freedom.
America may be a nation preoccupied with profit, but it is the nonprofit sector and massive private voluntary support for it that truly sets the nation apart from the rest of the world.
Contrary tostereotypes recently voiced by Barack Obama, a 2006 study finds that gun owners are happier than non-gun owners and are just aseducated.
The current financial market continues to worsen as unemployment rises, which is a problem for non-profitsthat rely on charitable donations.
Barack Obama has been less thangenerouswith his donations to charities over the years.
The Spitzer scandal has brought up a number of demographic surprises about prostitution.
Americans are remarkably charitable. But what sorts of people give the most? And how do we compare with the Europeans?
Diversity is an important factor in the 2008 presidential campaign and isan important theme in the democratic campaign, but their claims to diversity are not necessarily accurate.
Giving to charity is an American tradition, but surprisingly it is not all from the wealthy;low-income families are the most likely to donate to charity.
The Republican "loveless" image should bediscarded in light of research on whether Republicans or Democrats lead happier love lives.
Do the data support the claim that conservatives are haters, while liberals are tolerant of others? A handy way to answer this question is with what political analysts call "feeling thermometers."
Next time your interlocutor assails the Bush administration for its hard-heartedness, remember Africa.
The bottom line from all the research on giving is that it is not just good for your favorite cause; it's good for you, too.
Secular liberals, especially those who are explicitly nonbelievers, have become a major force on the political Left.
According to new research, economic growth and charitable giving mutually reinforce each other.
Overemphasis on income inequality will result in poor policy.
Overemphasis on income inequality will result in poor policy.
Helping people to give their resources effectively by managing good causes and making compelling fundraising appeals can be an important engine of social value and economic growth.
On average, religious people are much happier than others.
On average, religious people are much happier than others.
Work is not a necessary evil. It is, instead, an intrinsic source of pleasure and value.
Americans are more religious than Europeans; hence, our elections are more infused with religious themes.
Americans are more religious than Europeans; hence, our elections are more infused with religious themes.
It is not income equality, but mobility and opportunity.
An assessment of life satisfaction from four different angles.
The rich are getting richer faster than the poor are getting richer. So what?
The Democrats' insistence on giving women more freedom seems not to accord with the opinions of actual American women.
Americans work more than Europeans, but they are not unhappierbecause ofit.
The "politics of happiness" is actually the politics of intolerance, nasty sloganeering and the screaming pundits on cable television.
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May 1, 2007
Liberal politics will prove fruitless as long as liberals refuse to multiply.
Liberal politics will prove fruitless as long as liberals refuse to multiply.
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August 1, 2006
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August 1, 2006
The best data available show that conservatives have a clear edge over liberals in terms of happiness and emotional fortitude.
A look at the dark side of data on political tolerance.
The cofounder of Amway shares a faith in more than his products.
Conservatives are more giving; liberals are more educated.
Scientific evidence that political anger is dangerous.
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