Ed Diener

Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; co-author of Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth and author of the forthcoming Well Being for Public Policy

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In a put-down of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemmingway once wrote, "The very rich are different from you and me… they have more money."

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