Verfasst von:	Graham, Carol [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Happiness for all?
Titelzusatz:	unequal hopes and lives in pursuit of the American dream
Verf.angabe:	Carol Graham
Verlagsort:	Princeton ; Oxford
Verlag:	Princeton University Press
E-Jahr:	2017
Jahr:	[2017]
Umfang:	xv, 192 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Diagramme
Format:	25 cm
ISBN:	0-691-16946-2
	978-0-691-16946-0
Abstract:	The Declaration of Independence states that all people are endowed with certain unalienable rights, and that among these is the pursuit of happiness. But is happiness available equally to everyone in America today? How about elsewhere in the world? Carol Graham draws on cutting edge research linking income inequality with well-being to show how the widening prosperity gap has led to rising inequality in people's beliefs, hopes, and aspirations. For the United States and other developed countries, the high costs of being poor are most evident not in material deprivation but rather in stress, insecurity, and lack of hope. The result is an optimism gap between rich and poor that, if left unchecked, could lead to an increasingly divided society. Graham reveals how people who do not believe in their own futures are unlikely to invest in them, and how the consequences can range from job instability and poor education to greater mortality rates, failed marriages, and higher rates of incarceration. She describes how the optimism gap is reflected in the very words people use the wealthy use words that reflect knowledge acquisition and healthy behaviors, while the words of the poor reflect desperation, short-term outlooks, and patchwork solutions. She also explains why the least optimistic people in America are poor whites, not poor blacks or Hispanics. Happiness for All? highlights the importance of well-being measures in identifying and monitoring trends in life satisfaction and optimism, and misery and despair, and demonstrates how hope and happiness can lead to improved economic outcomes
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Schlagwörter:	(g)USA    / (s)Armut    / (s)Soziale Ungleichheit    / (s)Soziale Mobilität    / (s)American dream
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Kommentar in: Blanchflower, David G., 1952 - : Unhappiness and pain in modern America
	Kommentar in: Blanchflower, David G., 1952 - : Unhappiness and pain in modern America
	Kommentar in: Blanchflower, David G., 1952 - : Unhappiness and pain in modern America
RVK-Notation:	MS 1235
Sach-SW:	American Dream
	Equality
	Social classes
	Social mobility
	United States
	United States
K10plus-PPN:	88609979X