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How a close look at the American Dream turned a top happiness expert into a specialist in despair: ‘It’s harder to be poor in a very rich country’

Brookings’ Carol Graham has spent decades measuring outcomes. Here's how her study of happiness led to work on despair — and what hope has to do with it.

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Carol Graham, a senior fellow in economic studies at Brookings, a professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy, and a senior scientist at Gallup, says her recent research now focuses on rising despair rather than happiness. Using Gallup’s World Poll data, her latest paper documents a shift toward greater hopelessness in the United States. Graham’s background includes development‑economics work as a visiting fellow at the World Bank and advisory roles at the International Monetary Fund and the Inter‑American Development Bank.

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