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Peak Misery And The Happiness Curve

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A happy David Blanchflower after catching a big fish. Blake Matherly /David Blanchflower hide caption
A happy David Blanchflower after catching a big fish.
Blake Matherly /David BlanchflowerDavid Blanchflower set out to determine what makes people happy. He surveyed people all over the world, from a variety of different backgrounds, and found that very young people and very old people tended to be the happiest, with a noticeable dip in the middle. On today's show David shares the exact age that happiness bottoms out – the age at which people reach their peak misery.
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