The essence of happiness

What makes you happy? Good relationships with family and friends? Security? Money? And how do you know when you're truly happy? Midmorning asks if our definition of happiness is changing, and looks at what a longitudinal study of Harvard students begun in 1937 tells us about leading a fulfilling life.

Guests

• Barry Schwartz: Professor of social theory and social action at Swarthmore College. He is the author of "The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less."
• Joshua Wolf Shenk: Essayist and director of the Rose O'Neill Literary House at Washington College. His article "What Makes Us Happy?" appears in the June issue. He is the author of "Lincoln's Melancholy."

Resources

• The Atlantic: "What Makes Us Happy?"
• About Barry Schwartz
• About Joshua Wolfe Shenk