Chapter 2 World Happiness, Trust, and Social Connections in Times of Crisis John F. Helliwell Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia Haifang Huang Department of Economics, University of Alberta Max Norton Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia Leonard Goff Department of Economics, University of Calgary Shun Wang International Business School Suzhou, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University The authors are grateful for the financial support of the WHR sponsors and for data from the Gallup World Poll and the Gallup/Meta State of Social Connections study. For much helpful assistance and advice, we are grateful to Lara B. Aknin, Bernardo Andretti, Chris Barrington-Leigh, Tim Besley, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Anya Drabkin, Anat Noa Fanti, Dunigan Folk, Rodrigo Furst, Rafael Goldszmidt, Carol Graham, Jon Hall, David Halpern, Nancy Hey, Sarah Jones, Richard Layard, Eden Litt, Joe Marshall, Marwan H. Saleh, Chris McCarty, Tim Ng, Sharon Paculor, Rachel Penrod, Anna Petherick, Julie Ray, Ryan Ritter, Rajesh Srinivasan, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Lance Stevens, and Meik Wiking.
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