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Carol Graham (Combatting Despair)
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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Jun 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Dr. Carol Graham is interim vice president and director of the Economic Studies program at Brookings, a professor at the University of Maryland, and a Senior Scientist at Gallup. She has spent much of her career studying happiness and wellbeing around the world. Carol joins the podcast to discuss what she calls ‘deaths of despair’ and explains why cultivating hope is essential for societies mired in deeply entrenched problems. Her latest book, The Power of Hope: How the Science of Well-Being Can Save Us from Despair, is available now.
Released:
Jun 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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