Maybe money can buy you happiness, at least some. That optimistic conclusion comes from a recent study of how much that amount might be in different parts of the world and the U.S. A salary of ...

It’s a question that philosophers, economists and social scientists have grappled with for decades: Can money buy happiness? For most people in the United States, the answer is, seemingly ...

A new study shows that the causes of personal happiness vary considerably from person to person and that one size will not fit all when considering policies to improve happiness and wellbeing across ...

I have heard this statement from thousands of people in my career of teaching and researching happiness. I have said it myself many times; you probably have too. As the philosopher and theologian ...

Between chief happiness officers, the Happy Planet Index, Gross National Happiness, and the World Happiness Report (Finland scored the highest again this year), it seems as though happiness has ...

Fat salaries and corporate success aren’t the gateways to happiness they’re cracked up to be. But it makes sense that we might think they are. “We’re fed such an incredibly dense diet of ...

What is happiness? Is it feeling good all the time? Having a sunny disposition? Feeling like you are where you want to be in life? Instead, Rubin says to ask yourself: "Will this make me happier?" ...

1. Finland 2. Denmark 3. Iceland 4. Sweden 5. Netherlands 6. Costa Rica 7. Norway 8. Israel 9. Luxembourg 10. Mexico The World Happiness Report ranks countries using data from the Gallup World ...

For more than a decade, Christine Whelan was known around the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus as the "happiness professor." Now, "happiness" is one of Whelan's least favorite words.