Ruth Whippman discusses America the Anxious: How Our Pursuit of Happiness Is Creating a Nation of Nervous Wrecks. After she packed up her British worldview (that most things were basically rubbish) and moved to America, journalist and documentary filmmaker Ruth Whippman found herself increasingly perplexed by the American obsession with one topic above all others: happiness. So Ruth set out on to get to the bottom of this contradiction, embarking on an uproarious pilgrimage to investigate how this national obsession infiltrates all areas of life, from religion to parenting, the workplace to academia. America the Anxious, is a rigorously researched yet universal answer, and one that comes absolutely free of charge.
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Ruth Whippman discusses America the Anxious: How Our Pursuit of Happiness Is Creating a Nation of Nervous Wrecks. After she packed up her British worldview (that most things were basically rubbish) and moved to America, journalist and documentary filmmaker Ruth Whippman found herself increasingly perplexed by the American obsession with one topic above all others: happiness. So Ruth set out on to get to the bottom of this contradiction, embarking on an uproarious pilgrimage to investigate how this national obsession infiltrates all areas of life, from religion to parenting, the workplace to academia. America the Anxious, is a rigorously researched yet universal answer, and one that comes absolutely free of charge.
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