What makes a person happy? 1 (If / So) people want to be happy—
and few people proclaim their desire to be sad—should they seek money and
professional success? Many experts in fields such as sociology, psychology,
and public policy are attempting to answer this seemingly simple question of
what makes people happy and how communities,social organizations, and
employers can facilitate happiness by implementing a few simple strategies.
In this new field of happinessstudies,some intriguing answers are beginning
to emerge about what makes people happy. Surprisingly, they support the
longstanding hypothesisthat money cannot buy happiness.