American happiness has fallen off a cliff. The General Social Survey has tracked this since 1972. Their data shows the share of Americans reporting they are "very happy" dropped from 29% before the pandemic to 22% in the most recent reading—the largest decline over any comparable span in the survey's 52-year history. The chart below shows the shift in t…
The Great Happiness Compression
Everyone got less happy after COVID. The rich, educated, and healthy lost the most.
