Barry Schwartz

TL;DR: The Paradox of Choice as mentioned in this paper argues that too much choice can lead to clinical depression, and suggests that eliminating choices can greatly reduce stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives.

TL;DR: The authors found evidence that most people see their work as either a job (focus on financial rewards and necessity rather than pleasure or fulfillment; not a major positive part of life), a career, or a calling, while enjoying the enjoyment of fulfilling, socially useful work.

TL;DR: This paper found negative correlations between maximizing and happiness, optimism, self-esteem, and life satisfaction, and positive correlations between maximization and depression, perfectionism, and regret, and found that maximizers are less satisfied than non-maximizers with consumer decisions, and more likely to engage in social comparison.

TL;DR: It is argued that unduly influenced by the ideology of economics and rational-choice theory, modern American society has created an excess of freedom, with resulting increases in people's dissatisfaction with their lives and in clinical depression.

TL;DR: It is concluded that for psychology in general and positive psychology in particular, Aristotle’s idea of the mean may serve as a useful guide for developing both a descriptive and a prescriptive account of happiness and success.