Economics

Why Having More No Longer Makes Us Happy

no imageDeep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
author: Bill McKibben
asin: 0805076263

The average wage in the United States is less now, in real dollars, than it was 30 years ago. Even for those with college degrees, and though productivity was growing faster than it had for decades, between 2000 and 2004 earnings fell 5.2 percent when adjusted for inflation, according to the most recent data from White House economists.

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