We have a lot of economic indicators — but very few of them actually tell us if people are happy. We welcome Zachary Karabell this week for a TPM Cafe Book Club on The Leading Indicators: A Short History of the Numbers That Rule Our World. The week kicks off with his look at an attempt to measure happiness.
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