It’s supposed to be the “most wonderful time of the year.” But for many Americans, the obligatory shopping that we do around the holidays results in more stress and less contentment. We consider how shopping affects our happiness levels and whether ratcheting down our consumption will make us more or less content as a society.

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  • Carol Graham Senior fellow in economic studies, Brookings Institution; Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
  • Andrew Revkin Reporter, The New York Times

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