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fuel
see also
gas
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
future
ethics of
mispricing nature and
price of
Gabaix, Xavier
Gallup polls
Gandhi
garbage
gas
price of
General Motors (GM)
General Social Survey
General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, The
(Keynes)
genetics, genes
Germany
happiness in
Germany, Nazi
Gershom ben Judah
Ghosts I-IV
(album)
gifts
Glass-Steagall Act (1933)
GlaxoSmithKline
globalization
global warming
Goa
God
Goldin, Claudia
goods
Google
Google News
Gore, Al
Gorton, Mark
government
hostility toward
intervention of
resource allocation of
Great Britain
bubbles in
gas prices in
happiness in
politics in
Great Depression
Greece, ancient green revolution
(1960s and 1970s)
Greenspan, Alan
gross national happiness (GNH) index
Haiti
Hammurabi
Hanna, Mark
happiness
faith and
genetics and
life-cycle curve of
loss aversion and
money and
problems with defining of
right-left gap in
U.S. trade-off and
Hare Krishna Society
Harvard University
Haryana
health
health care
health insurance
Health Ministry, New Zealand
Healthway
Heinrich, Armin
Hindus, Hinduism
HIV
homeland security, U.S.
Homeland Security Department, U.S.
Hoover, Herbert
horse meat
House of Representatives, U.S.
housing, homes
bubble
price of
HP
human papillomavirus
Hume, David
Hungary
hunting
I Am Rich
Iannaccone, Larry
IBM
Iceland
ideas
Illinois
illustrators
Illy
iMacs
immigrants
illegal
Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986)
improvement
income
family
happiness and
inequality of
marriage and
national
redistribution of
tax on
technological progress and
indentured servants
India
future of
marriage in
sex ratios in
Indonesia
indulgences
industrialization
inequality
income
Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust!, The
(album)
infanticide
information
conflict between makers and consumers of
driven off-line
free online
information technology
Inhofe, James
ink
In Rainbows
(album)
insurance
health
social
insurance companies
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
International Labour Organization
Internet
free downloads and
internet service providers (ISPs)
investment
bubbles and
in human capital
investment banks
iPhone
Iran
Ireland, Irish
Isabella, Queen of Spain
Israel
Italy
iTunes
Jack Benny Show, The
(TV show)
Jackson, Michael
janitors
Japan, Japanese
culture in
health-related expenditures in
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Jews, Judaism
Orthodox
ultra-Orthodox
Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
jobs
Jobs, Steve
John Paul II, Pope
Johns, Adrian
justice
Justice Department, U.S.
Justinian, Emperor
Kahneman, Daniel
Karnataka
Katrina, Hurricane
Kellner, Jamie
Kennedy, Edward
Kennedy, John F.
Kennedy, Robert
Kenya
Keynes, John Maynard
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khouri, Saeed
kidneys
Kimble, George H. T.
Kipsigis
Kmart
Kodachrome
Kodak
Kolkata
Krugman, Paul
labor, cost of
labor theory of value
labor unions
Lamalera
land, allocation of
Langthab
lap dancing
lawyers
Lazcano-Ponce, Eduardo
legal system, laws
Lehman Brothers
Lennon, John
Leo IX, Pope
Lewis, W. Arthur
license plates
licensing
Liebowitz, Stan
life, price of
health care and
9/11 and
life expectancy
lighthouses
Lincoln, Abraham
lobbying
London
Los Angeles, Calif., housing in
Lost Symbol, The
(Brown)
Louis XVI, King of France
Luther, Martin
luxury
McCain, John
McCartney, Paul
Machiguenga
magazines
Magnus, Albertus
Maimonides, Moses
Maldives
Malinowski, Bronislaw
Malthus, Rev. Thomas Robert
manufacturing
Mao Zedong
marginal cost
marginal gain
marginal price
María la del Barrio
(telenovela)
markets
efficient
marriage
dowries and
economic nature of
faith and
happiness and
renegotiating of
marriage brokerages, online
Marx, Karl
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mathilda of Flanders
mating strategies
Matthew, Saint
mattresses, flammability of
Maya
meat
Melanesians
Mellon, Andrew
menstrual cycle
Mercedes-Benz
Merck Sharp & Dohme
Metafuturing Second Life
metals
Mexico
happiness in
migrant workers from
Piso Firme in
telenovelas of
middle-aged people
Middle Ages
Milken, Michael
Millennium
(album)
Miller, Randall
Mincer, Jacob
Mindworks Global Media
Minnesota Twin Registry
Mitterrand, François
money
faith and
happiness and
value of
monkeys, capuchin
monogamy
monopolies
patents
Mormon Church, Mormans
Morrall, John F., III
mortgages, subprime
Motion Picture Association of America
movies
movie stars
multinational companies
Murdock, George
music
eighteenth-century piracy and
free downloading of
Music Copyright Act (1902)
Muslims, Islam
nannies
Napster
NASDAQ index
National Health Service, British (NHS)
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Native Americans
natural selection
Nepalese
Netherlands, the Dutch
New Deal
New Delhi
New Hampshire
Newport Daily News
news media, news
newspapers
New York
New York, N.Y.
happiness in
restaurants in
service industries in
New York Sports Club
New York Times
New York Times Magazine
New Zealand
Nine Inch Nails
99 Cents Only chain of stores
Nixon, Richard
Nordhaus, William
Norway
Nu au Plateau de Sculpteur
(Picasso)
Obama, Barack
campaign spending of
health care and
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
O’Connor, Sandra Day
oil
Olympics (1988)
Oneida community
opera companies
“Orange Juice and Weather,”
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
overweight
Owen, Robert
Page, Talbot
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Paris
Parliament, British
Pascal, Blaise
patents
patriarchy
PC World
Pelé
Pengajian
Pennsylvania, University of
pensions
People’s Liberation Army
Perú
Pew Global Attitudes Project
Pew Project on the Internet and American Life
Pew Research Center
pharmaceutical industry
photography
Picasso, Pablo
Piso Firme (Firm Floor)
Pitt, William
Pitt’s Pictures
placebo effect
pneumococcal disease
politics
culture and
pollution
air
polygamy
pop stars
population
replacement rate of
Portugal
Pound, Ezra
precautionary principle
price discrimination
prices:
history of
misfiring of
overview of
rule of
taming of
Prince, Charles
Princeton University
printers
printing, in Great Britain
Prisco, Giulio
productivity
agricultural
slavery and
wages and
property
intellectual
Prospect Theory
Protestant Reformation
Protestants
public goods
publishing
Puerto Rico
Punjab
Pythagoras
quality-adjusted life year (QALY)
Quiverfull
radio
Radiohead
Rapa Nui
rationality
Rawls, John
Reagan, Ronald
recession
reciprocity
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
record labels
regulation
of banking
Reinhart, Carmen
religion,
see
faith;
specific religions
Renaissance
reproduction
male vs. female investment in
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS)
resources
allocation of
free
restaurants
Reznor, Trent
Ricardo, David
Ricos También Lloran, Los
(telenovela)
risks, risk taking
Roach, Stephen
Rogoff, Kenneth
Rome, classical
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rosen, Sherwin
Russia
Russian Federation
Rwanda
sacrifice
culture and
faith and
safety
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de
salmonella
São Tomé and Príncipe
Sarkozy, Nicolas
Saudi Arabia
savings
Schelling, Thomas
Schopenhauer, Arthur
science
seat belts
Second Vatican Council
Securities and Exchange Commission
Sen, Amartya
Senate, U.S.
September 11th terrorist attacks
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
serfdom
services
culture and
financial
Sesame Street
sex
culture and
faith and
sex ratios
sexual selection
sheet music
Shiller, Robert
shopping
Simon, Julian
singles
slaves, slavery
sleeping
Smith, Adam
smoking
Snoopy
soccer
social cohesion
social democracy
social insurance
social networking sites
Social Security
society, culture and
software
Solomon, King
South Africa
South Korea, Koreans
“South-Sea Project, The” (Swift)

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