What makes Americans and Europeans happy?

Doesn't say how many people were surveyed.
42% is a huge difference to 28% though!

"I'd like to see the US broken down by states." - Askantik

The U.S. is already broken down. By states or nationally.

As to the survey, it shows nicely how Americans prefer grubbing for money over caring for their family. Hence the failure of the American Family and because of an adequate level of socialization, the resulting culture of inferiority, violence and stupidity that is found in the U.S.

I find it amusing that the nation whose people spend the most time grubbing for every dime they can get, is now broke beyond imagination due to 30 years of Borrow and Spend Republican Treason.

Borrow and Spend Republican Treason.

Perhaps US Americans feel more _compelled_ to report happiness than Europeans as they see happiness to be closely coupled to success which is the dominant value in the prevailing material ideology. Admitting to not being happy is seen as equivalent to being unsuccessful which is perceived as being worthless.

Borrow and Spend Republican Treason.

Like the 2 trillion recently borrowed and spent by the Obama, Reid and Pelosi, NOT republicans.

Perhaps US Americans feel more _compelled_ to report happiness than Europeans as they see happiness to be closely coupled to success which is the dominant value in the prevailing material ideology. Admitting to not being happy is seen as equivalent to being unsuccessful which is perceived as being worthless.

Two years ago I'd have called you a nutter commie pinko for making a statement like that....now not so much.

That's not to say I think capitalism is bad, or produces bad outcomes...quite the contrary. You do make a good point about the CULTURE we have in American though.

Borrow and Spend Republican Treason.

Like the 2 trillion recently borrowed and spent by the Obama, Reid and Pelosi, NOT republicans.

The major reason for our huge Federal deficits is to keep our economy from falling into a Second Great Depression caused by years of huge trade deficits.
Just look around the world, Germany, Canada, China, Australia and other countries running trade surpluses are doing just fine.

Lil Douggie, I don't exactly consider Frank Herbert a philosopher, but he certainly is more qualified than Rand. Herbert got some things right. Rand got everything wrong.

"I'd like to see the US broken down by states." - Askantik

The U.S. is already broken down. By states or nationally.

As to the survey, it shows nicely how Americans prefer grubbing for money over caring for their family. Hence the failure of the American Family and because of an adequate level of socialization, the resulting culture of inferiority, violence and stupidity that is found in the U.S.

I find it amusing that the nation whose people spend the most time grubbing for every dime they can get, is now broke beyond imagination due to 30 years of Borrow and Spend Republican Treason.

What makes Americans and Europeans happy?

What makes Americans and Europeans happy?

I'd like to see the US broken down by states, or at least regions, and Europe broken down by countries. Yes, the US is as big as all of Western Europe, but the sociopolitical situations have a lot more variety in the different countries of Europe than in the states of the US.

Borrow and Spend Republican Treason.

Like the 2 trillion recently borrowed and spent by the Obama, Reid and Pelosi, NOT republicans.

A trade deficit is not a bad thing for a nation. In fact, it's a good thing, as it means the country possess more real resources, and the only thing it costs them are worthless dollars. But it does mean that so long as the private sector insists on net saving, the public sector must run a deficit to cover both the net saving and the external deficit. Public sector deficits are only a bad thing when the economy is no longer capable of real growth.

Perhaps US Americans feel more _compelled_ to report happiness than Europeans as they see happiness to be closely coupled to success which is the dominant value in the prevailing material ideology. Admitting to not being happy is seen as equivalent to being unsuccessful which is perceived as being worthless.

Selling off part of the homestead just means shifting the export balance from deficit to surplus. Models of sustainable household finance are not generalizable to the public sector, nor to the economy as a whole. Standards of living in an economy depend upon two factors: the stock of real resources in an economy and a sufficient distribution of money to reflect the real demand for those resources. A trade deficit increases the stock of real resources in an economy. It represents a flow of real resources into an economy and a flow of money out of the economy. Net private savings also represents a flow of money out of the economy. Government deficits are necessary to create a flow of money into the economy to offset the increase in real resources from the trade deficit and the depletion of money from both the trade deficit and net private savings in order to prevent deflation.

Wow, no wonder the US economy is in such dire straights!

A trade deficit increases the stock of real resources in an economy.

It represents a flow of real resources into an economy and a flow of money out of the economy.

Government deficits are necessary to create a flow of money into the economy

changes in the value of the dollar relative to the currencies of our trading partners have a well-defined effect on our trade balance

Ryggesogn2, TARP was passed by the Bush administration. Please stop your dishonesty. It is very transparent.

A trade deficit means only that the stuff we're buying from other countries costs more than the stuff we're selling to other countries

A trade deficit means only that the stuff we're buying from other countries costs more than the stuff we're selling to other countries

you can borrow them, which nets negative once interest is accounted for, or you can print them

Since the dollars that we bought our foreign goods with has left the national economy

there must be a replenishment of the stock of money

"I'd like to see the US broken down by states." - Askantik

The U.S. is already broken down. By states or nationally.

As to the survey, it shows nicely how Americans prefer grubbing for money over caring for their family. Hence the failure of the American Family and because of an adequate level of socialization, the resulting culture of inferiority, violence and stupidity that is found in the U.S.

I find it amusing that the nation whose people spend the most time grubbing for every dime they can get, is now broke beyond imagination due to 30 years of Borrow and Spend Republican Treason.

2 trillion that kept your sorry fat ass out of a full blown Republican Created Depression

he inherited a 100 billion a year surplus from Clinton

Which of course is a lie since it is self evident that the U.S. economy isn't in a depression and is in fact growing.

Some dare call it REPUBLICAN Treason.

What crimes were committed? Where is your evidence?

American State under Republican rule has devolved into a Plutocratic Kleptocracy.

50 million is the number of jobs that that 1.5 trillion represents.

Cutting 1.5 trillion from the U.S. economy immediately would immediately increase the U.S. unemployment rate

that is presuming that there is no multiplier effect. Which there is

So in effect the Republican T-Tards are demanding that the U.S. enter into a deep depression.

We are not in a depression we just went through a recession

There will be no deflation. We will soon see the effects of double digit inflation.

See the Phillips Curve

It is this basic lack of understanding of economic principles that bother me

The Fed cooked up this steep inflation with the estimation that the positives of inflation will outweigh the negatives.

a loose monetary policy and inflation will probably lead to more jobs

You really need to stop listening to Republican Liars.

The FED is continuing to work to stabilize the U.S. and Global Economy which was pushed to the brink of a Depression by the spectacular Economic Mismanagement of the Borrow and Spend Republican Party

All through the 80's while free trade was being promoted by Neo-conservatives and Corporate Propaganda Libertarian Stink Tanks

The claim was that there would not be a race to the bottom in terms of product quality, or American Wages. ... All those Republican/Neo-Conservative claims were lies, were't they?

Income for the wealthiest 5% of Americans has doubled.
Income for the bottom 5% hasn't changed.

the Libertarian/Randite ideology of the Alan Greenspan

Their ideology doesn't alter the numerous misstatements of fact that you have made here.

You know... I really couldn't care less...

By posting a link to a Quack Tard Blog?

Why you think this has anything to do with the growth of U.S. household income

Ahahahahahahahahah......

Odd how telling the truth supports the National Democratic party.

the area under the graph reflects the total number of unemployed added over the last decade, and that total sums to approximately 100 million ... I for one, don't trust economist wanna-be's who can't understand or plot simple graphs.

We are not in a depression we just went through a recession. (Geez, a country doesn't go through a recession for a few years and all of a sudden everyone forgets what it is like)

Summing the area comes out to somewhere around 100 million lost jobs over the last decade

Explain that for us will you Tard Boy.

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the last recession ran from Dec 2008 to June 2009.

Bush's first recession started March 2001 and ended on Nov 2001.

Now YOU might still be in a depression. But that is only because - according to my Republican "Friends" - you don't have the skills it takes to find employment, or start your own business.

"Have one, thanks." - Skeptic

So the U.S. national economy has been out of a recession for more than a year, and even you are gainfully employed.

So we can conclude that your claim that the U.S. has been in a non stop recession since 2001 was just a lie on your part then.

You can integrate can't you?

So integrate over your Tard Chart and tell us how far it differs from the 100 million unemployed that it shows.