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.
Author Gregg Easterbrook talks about the ideas in his latest book, The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse. How has life changed in America over the last century? Is the average person getting ahead or are the rich taking all the gains? Easterbrook argues that life is better for the average American in almost every dimension. The paradox is that despite those gains, we don't seem much happier.