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Gloomy expectations are starting to matter more than the data

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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

If you think rich, individualistic societies are the loneliest, think again

They include campaigners and playwrights, plus a pope and a president

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist