Gregg Easterbrook on the American Standard of Living
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The Progress Paradox
CNN's John Sutter talks with author Peter Bergen about his new book, "The Progress Paradox" He says people are no happier as a result of rising living standards in longer life. The percentage of Americans that describe themselves as happy has not increased at all in the last 50 years. But incidents of clinical depression have risen very dramatically since 1950s.
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