Big Green Economics #10

In episode 10 of the Big Green Economics Podcast by Gabe Gottesman '26, Professor David Blanchflower shares his research on the dramatic decline in youth well-being. In this episode, Blanchflower explains how his research, once defined by the U-shaped happiness curve, now reveals a collapse in well-being among 18-to-25-year-olds, which data shows began around 2011 and may be closely tied to the rise of social media. He explores how happiness is measured, what the data reveals, and what might be done to address this mental health crisis.

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