/newsroom/taxonomy/term/12071/all en /newsroom/channels/news/surprising-new-evidence-happiness-and-wealth-355286 <p>Global polls typically show that people in industrialized countries where incomes are relatively high report greater levels of satisfaction with life than those in low-income countries.</p> <p>But now the first large-scale survey to look at happiness in small, non-industrialized communities living close to nature paints quite a different picture.</p> <p><b>Looking at happiness in non-industrialized settings</b></p> Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:27:06 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 307690 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/psychology-today-happiness-and-covid-pandemic-322040 <p>« What has the science of happiness got to do with our current coronapocalypse? Plenty, of course. It is interesting that much of what is being discussed now about how to stay sane, connected, and even happy while locked up, or out of a job, is what economists studying “happiness” have been advocating for years. We all know at least some friends, colleagues, and family who have suffered tremendously from the isolation and disruption and, of course, many of us are struggling acutely as this post goes live.</p> Tue, 05 May 2020 18:49:38 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 209885 at /newsroom /newsroom/christopher-barrington-leigh Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:19:36 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 199146 at /newsroom