Why Money Doesn't Buy Happiness in America
Podcast: Plain English with Derek Thompson (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Why Money Doesn't Buy Happiness in AmericaPub date: 2025-10-07Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAmerica is rich—richer than ever. Yet Americans are more anxious, lonelier, and less satisfied than people in many poorer nations. The 2025 World Happiness Report ranked the U.S. 24th in life satisfaction, its lowest on record. Maybe, as social scientists say, we’ve traded community for consumption. Today’s guest, Morgan Housel, thinks there’s a deeper…
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