Yale’s resident well-being expert talks about what it means to live a good life and shares some books that might help us get within reach of one.

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Kaushik Basu, former chief economist of the World Bank, thinks that reason, and logic, can guide humans to achieve happiness. To write his book, Reason to be Happy (Penguin), Basu dipped into ...

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Gretchin Rubin, happiness researcher and bestselling author of "The Happiness Project" shares her favorite life tips that ...

Shift your perspective with these ten philosophy books that spark deep self-reflection. Question time, morality, and ...

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