From Collegium, a special issue on Happiness: Cognition, Experience, Language. A review of Bluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness by Ariel Gore. Although no one can be happy who is determined not to be, happiness is not achieved by merely wanting it, much less by getting what you thought you wanted. A review of Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project (and more and more and more). From the mundane to the metaphysical, it may mean different things to different people, but everyone's united in trying to crack the happiness code. Oprah-style pursuit of happiness: As cute as it may be to suggest, Living Oprah by Robyn Okrant will never be an Oprah’s Book Club selection. Where happiness lies: A review essay on books about positive thinking. The miserable results of our quest for happiness: Those who pillage rich traditions for contemporary tastes take the easy but shallow route to happiness. State of joy: Why your country needs you to be happy. Happiness Is: Today, the idea that happiness can indeed be measured and quantified remains at the heart of a new science of happiness. Carol Graham on the economics of happiness. Economists (don’t) prove that money can buy you happiness and news outlets prove they’re crap — actually, maybe economists did prove money can buy happiness. As we begin a new decade with the debris of a once-revered financial system at our feet, we have the chance to re-evaluate our relationship with the money god or risk becoming enslaved to it all over again. Johann Hari on how there is an alternative to our unhealthy culture of overwork.
