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Bryan Caplan - Feminists, Billionaires, and Demagogues

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Why Women Are Less Happy Than Men

In the 60s, women had about a two percentage point advantage relative to men in terms of their odds of saying they're very happy. Now it seems like women have something like a 2 percentage point deficit relative to men. So I would also be wondering how much of it is actual feminism telling women that you should be unhappy because the world is unfair and then causes unhappiness. It's plausible to me. But on the other hand, for the vast majority, people say, "I'd be amazed if it didn't cause unhappiness"

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