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The Easterlin Paradox has been referred to in numerous studies over the previous decades, confirming the hypothesis holding that happiness levels of both individuals and societies cannot lastingly increase over time. Since recent years such traditional beliefs have been continuously disparaged in the field of happiness economic, by which new evidence has been produced, supporting the claim that happiness levels does in fact rise, in correspondence to economic growth. The rising role of absolute income in comparison to relative income challenges the importance of the income inequality public debate, contradictorily emphasizing a common global interest in further economic development of all nations.