The pursuit of happiness is often considered an ideal, but it may be possible to have too much—or the wrong kind—of a good thing.

A greater exposure to democracy leads to a higher level of self-reported happiness.

According to one scholar, we're inundated with ways to pursue pleasure, which we conflate with happiness, to our own detriment.

Is there an equation for happiness? And if so, can science really define it?

Materialism, by most measures, does not correlate to happiness.

Bernie Sanders cites Denmark's social welfare programs as a model. We turn to socialism and see whether he's right.