More evidence: Why conservatives are happier than liberals

The Economist reports on Arthur Brook’s latest publication, Gross National Happiness

“When researchers ask parents what they enjoy, it turns out that they prefer almost anything to looking after their children… Despite this, American parents are much more likely to be happy than non-parents. This is for two reasons, argues Mr. Brooks, an economist at Syracuse University. Even if children are irksome now, they lend meaning to life in the long term. And the kind of people who are happy are also more likely to have children. Which leads on to Mr Brooks’s most controversial finding: in America, conservatives are happier than liberals. “

Read the rest at The Economist…