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Reading the past like an open book: Researchers use text to measure 200 years of happiness

October 14, 2019 by

Using innovative new methods researchers have built a new index that uses data from books and newspaper to track levels of national happiness from 1820. Their research could help governments to make better decisions about policy priorities.

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