Fabio Zagonari (Bologna): Which Attitudes Will Make Us Individually and Socially Happier and Healthier? A Cross-Culture and Cross-Development Analytical Model. Daniel Gustav Anderson (George Mason): The Mixed Mindfulness of Gross National Happiness. Robert W. McGee (Fayetteville State): Which Countries Have the Happiest People? An Empirical Study of 52 Countries. Pablo Beytia (UCCL): The Singularity of Latin American Patterns of Happiness. “The Danish way” trumps the American dream: Jessica Alexander on how the Danes’ focus on empathy makes them much happier than Americans who pursue material goods. Andy Martin on why we need a philosophy of failure: We are now suffering the Hawaiianisation of everywhere. Melissa Dahl on how the world’s a surprisingly happy place. Were we happier in the stone age, and are humans better suited to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle? Edward Skidelsky (Exeter): What Can We Learn from Happiness Surveys? Soren Klausen (Southern Denmark): Happiness, Dispositions and the Self. Raffaele Rodogno (Aarhus): Happiness and Well-Being: Shifting the Focus of the Current Debate. Valerie Tiberius (Minnesota): How Theories of Well-Being Can Help Us Help. Erik Angner (George Mason): Well-Being and Economics. Actually, some material goods can make you happy — but which ones? Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig on how wealth doesn't make the rich happier, but poverty makes the poor sadder.
