Gross National Happiness

The Economist (3/29) article about Arthur Brooks book "Gross National Happiness" summarizes the research of Brooks who is an economist at Syracuse University. In America, he finds, conservatives are happier than liberals, religious people are happier than secular ones, and those with children are happier than those without. So religious conservative parents tend to be happy and optimistic. So be kind to liberal, atheist, singles, they are miserable and pessimistic.