Taken together, the two studies seem to indicate a direct relationship between ability to express emotion through facial expression, and the ability to experience emotion oneself, or identify it in others.

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To the contrary, the results indicate that happiness and income are connected by a two-way relationship, and that human well-being can itself be a source of economic dynamism.

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Just this week, U.S. criticisms of proposed European data-privacy rules and plans to tax trades in financial instruments indicate the potential for future regulations to act as irritants in the relationship.

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