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9. How Much Does the Government Really Impact Your Happiness? (Spoiler alert: The answer is pretty surprising…) - with Professor Peter Esaiasson
Season 1 · Episode 9

9. How Much Does the Government Really Impact Your Happiness? (Spoiler alert: The answer is pretty surprising…) - with Professor Peter Esaiasson

In this fun episode, we find out how people associate their happiness with politics and the government. Could a breakup with your partner make you ...

THE HAPPY SCIENCE PODCAST · Munck

November 18, 202415m 11s

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Show Notes

In this fun episode, we find out how people associate their happiness with politics and the government. Could a breakup with your partner make you want to dump the government too? In this episode, Professor Peter Esaiasson of University of Gothenburg shares insights from his multi-country research on how happiness impacts support for the government, and even good citizen behaviors as paying taxes and abiding laws. Tune in to explore how happiness, love, and politics are more connected than you might think!

https://ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1475-6765.12335