Editing Gregg Easterbrook (section)

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Easterbrook has written three novels: ''This Magic Moment'' (1986), ''The Here and Now'' (2002) and ''The Leading Indicators'' (2012).  ''This Magic Moment'' is a love story as well as a philosophical work about the meaning of life.<ref>See, Carolyn. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-02-02-vw-64-story.html "Book Review: A Love Story to Fall in Love With"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' (February 2, 1987).</ref> The second novel (''The Here and Now'') was called "moving" by both the ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' and the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',<ref>[http://us.macmillan.com/theleadingindicators/GreggEasterbrook#reviews "The Leading Indicators, Gregg Easterbrook, Macmillan Publishers"].  Retrieved March 23, 2014.</ref> and tells a "satisfying tale of disillusionment and redemption" in the opinion of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''.<ref>Nawrocki, Jim.  [http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/REVIEWS-IN-BRIEF-The-Here-and-Now-2747759.php "REVIEWS IN BRIEF / The Here and Now"], ''[[The San Francisco Chronicle]]'' (December 8, 2002).</ref>  According to [[Kirkus Reviews]], ''The Leading Indicators'' provides social commentary in the form of literary fiction, filtering "leveraged buyouts, derivatives marketing and multimillion-dollar CEO bonuses through the lens of one ... family."<ref>[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gregg-easterbrook/leading-indicators/ "THE LEADING INDICATORS by Gregg Easterbrook"], [[Kirkus Reviews]] (October 1, 2012). Retrieved March 24, 2014.</ref>

Among his nonfiction books, ''[[Beside Still Waters (book)|Beside Still Waters]]'' (1998) is a work of Christian theology, discussing whether religion matters as much as it did before we gained so much knowledge about ourselves and the world.<ref>Galloway, Paul.  [https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/12/25/in-search-of-a-common-ground-between-science-and-religion/ "In Search of Common Ground"], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' (December 25, 1998).</ref>  The book ''Tuesday Morning Quarterback'' (2001) — not to be confused with his similar column of the same name — uses [[haiku]] and humor to analyze pro football.

{{anchor|progress paradox}} Another of Easterbrook's books, focusing on social science, is ''The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse'' (2003), which explores people's perception of their own well-being. The book cites statistical data indicating that Americans are better off in terms of material goods and amount of free time but are not happier than before. Easterbrook argues that this has occurred due to [[Anxiety#Choice or decision|choice anxiety]] (too many decisions to make) and [[Hedonic treadmill|abundance denial]] (not realizing how well we are doing).<ref>Towers, Sheryl.  ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=l5xFWB1NXNgC&pg=PA202 Seeds of Success: 17 Ways to Nurture the Greatness Within You]'', pp. 202-203 (Pelican Publishing, 2013).</ref>  His proposed remedy is to make our lives more meaningful by doing good while living well.<ref>Will, George.  ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=n7_W3PXk770C&pg=PA174 One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation]'', p. 174-176 (Random House 2009).</ref>

His book ''Sonic Boom: Globalization at Mach Speed'' (2009) asserts that [[globalization]] has only just begun and is a good thing to look forward to.<ref>Woolridge, Adrian. [https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704905704574623221322234850 "The Best is Yet to Come"], ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' (December 28, 2009).</ref>  Another book, ''The King of Sports: Football's Impact on America'' (2013) says that American football in many ways reflects the cultural contradictions of the United States.<ref>Littlefield, Bill.  [https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2013/10/10/book-review-the-king-sports-football-impact-america-gregg-easterbrook/qWUf0IqR1PYWSlgg0OdevL/story.html "’The King of Sports’ by Gregg Easterbrook"], ''[[Boston Globe]]'' (October 10, 2013).</ref>