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Why happiness doesn't come with a plug attached

Alison Rowat: There are no end of mysteries in the modern age. Take home improvements. The past 20 years have seen a boom in luxury kitchens. At the same time, the consumption of convenience foods has gone through the roof and obesity has mushroomed.

IT has been a few years since Levitt and Dubner first published Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything.