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A 2017 protest in New York City for a $15 an hour minimum wage. | Erik Mcgregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images There’s still disagreement. But it looks like in many cases, pay raises swamp any lost jobs. For at least the last 25 years, labor economists have been compiling reams of evidence trying to answerContinue reading “The economic debate over the minimum wage, explained”

Jordan Kay What we might learn from other cultures, the explosion of positive psychology, why women are growing more unhappy, and how to spend to maximize joy. The news was dire. This spring, despite our best efforts — despite all that yoga and meditation and therapy and astrological consultation and turmeric and that slightly worrisomeContinue reading “Welcome to The Highlight’s Happiness Issue”

After decades of women’s rights gains, why are women less happy? Aubrey Hirsch is a writer and illustrator in Berkeley, California. Her work has appeared in the Nib, the New York Times, the Rumpus, and elsewhere. from Vox – All https://ift.tt/2XuedbM

A psychologist claims that learning “untranslatable words” from other cultures may be a key to being happy. I experimented on myself to see whether it’s true. “Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” Screw that. The saying, sometimesContinue reading “American happiness is plummeting. Could a few words change that?”

The Dalai Lama and Martin Seligman on stage during a “The Mind & Its Potential” conference in Sydney, Australia, on December 3, 2009. | Gaye Gerard/Getty Images Just over 20 years old, the field of positive psychology has captivated the world with its hopeful promises — and drawn critics for its moralizing, mysticism, and seriousContinue reading “Happiness psychology is a booming industry. But is it science, religion, or something else?”

Zac Freeland/Vox Simply having a lot of it won’t automatically increase your sense of well-being. “But using it well can,” says one expert. It was early February in Los Angeles, and Andra Izgarian, 29, had reached a career high point: As the director of media operations at Condé Nast, she had scored an invitation toContinue reading “How to spend money to squeeze more joy out of life”

Democratic presidential candidate philanthropist Tom Steyer at the Liberty and Justice Celebration in Des Moines, Iowa, on November 1, 2019. | Scott Olson/Getty Images Former employees of Tom Steyer’s impeachment group say they were strong-armed into joining his campaign when it looked like impeachment was dead over the summer. Billionaire Tom Steyer put nearly twoContinue reading “Tom Steyer’s impeachment group is missing its big moment because he’s running for president”

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills at BravoCon. | Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU/Getty Images The Bravo network’s interconnected universe of beautiful rich people has won over millions of fans. Now they have their own convention. Six former Real Housewives are sitting onstage in a packed ballroom in Manhattan when an audience member, during a question and answerContinue reading “How the Real Housewives built cable TV’s biggest fandom”

Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Everything you need to know about the fifth Democratic debate, taking place in Atlanta. Ten candidates will take the stage on the evening of Wednesday, November 20th for the November Democratic debate, the fifth debate so far in the 2020 Democratic primary race. The debate will take place in Atlanta,Continue reading “November 2019 Democratic debate”

A staff member eats lunch in front of SoftBank Group Corporation’s Pepper humanoid robots during the World Robot Challenge in Tokyo, Japan, on October 17, 2018. | Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images A new study of artificial intelligence suggests better-paid, better-educated workers might be more impacted by automation than previously thought.  The robot revolution has long beenContinue reading ““Knowledge workers” could be the most impacted by future automation”