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Are Americans obsessed with the pursuit of happiness? Would we know happiness if we found it?
Ruth Whippman is a British writer who thinks Americans are caught in a paradox of driving ourselves crazy trying to find happiness. In her book, "America the Anxious," Whippman sets out to investigate how this national obsession infiltrates all aspects of American life and makes us one of the least contented, most anxious countries in the developed world. She will share her take on her visit to a "happiness city" in the Nevada desert that has one of the highest suicide rates in America. Her experi
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