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In Pursuit of Happiness

18 July 2011

Economists come in all shapes and sizes. It seems that the theories of economics can also be applied to explain the most varied of topics: from examining why most drug dealers still live with their mothers; how best to master love and marriage; to predicting how many gold medals the US might win in the next Olympic Games. Economists come in all shapes and sizes. It seems that the theories of economics can also be applied to explain the most varied of topics: from examining why most drug dealers still live with their mothers; how best to master love and marriage; to predicting how many gold medals the US might win in the next Olympic Games. However, for an academic subject known as 'the dismal science', it seems ironic that economists are currently employed in explaining, measuring and improving happiness.

Americans of course are well versed in the theory of this emotional state. They consider it as one of their constitutional rights, stated in the United States Declaration of Independence: "