Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., USA, is the author of six books and many articles on public policy, culture and government. He is a contributing editor of The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. His latest book is The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50.

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