New research by Dartmouth economist David Blanchflower who, after examining data from 500,000 people in 132 countries, pinpointed the exact moment when the majority of people in developed parts of the world feel the most miserable: 47.2. Every lifetime has a U-shaped “happiness curve,” he concludes in the study, which was published in mid-January by the National Bureau of Economic Research. The bottom of that curve, where we’re at our most forlorn, is (at least statistically) always around the same age. “The curve’s trajectory holds true in countries where the median wage is high and where it is not and where people tend to live longer and where they don’t,” Blanchflower wrote in his findings.
- Do you think this is all a state of mind and that we choose to or can be miserable at any age for any reason?
Link:https://nypost.com/2020/02/01/the-worst-year-of-life-is-47-2