The happiness curve : why life gets better after 50 / Jonathan Rauch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rauch, Jonathan, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle age--Psychological aspects.

Middle age.

Happiness.

Interpersonal relations.

Midlife crisis.

Local Subjects:

Happiness.

Middle age--Psychological aspects.

Midlife crisis.

Physical Description:

viii, 244 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 2018.

Summary:

Draws on cutting-edge scientific studies to discuss the U-shaped trajectory of happiness, which declines from the optimism of youth before surging upward again after age fifty, and offers ways to endure the slump during midlife.

Contents:

The voyage of life: Thomas Cole's journey

and mine

What makes us happy (and doesn't): the strange illogic of life satisfaction

A timely discovery: how unsuspecting economists (and apes) found the happiness curve

The shape of the river: time, happiness, and the curve of the U

The expectations trap: midlife malaise is often about nothing

The paradox of aging: why getting old makes you happier

Crossing toward wisdom: the happiness curve has a purpose, and it's social

Helping ourselves: how to get through the U

Helping each other: bringing midlife out of the closet

Epilogue: Gratitude.

Notes:

"A Thomas Dunne book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781250078803

1250078806

OCLC:

1031409404