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

Author/Creator:

Rauch, Jonathan, 1960- author.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

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

Format/Description:

Book
viii, 244 pages ; 25 cm

Subjects:

Middle age -- Psychological aspects.
Happiness.
Interpersonal relations.
Interpersonal relations

Local subjects:

Happiness.
Middle age -- Psychological aspects.
Midlife crisis.

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

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