REPORT    AIR DATE: Dec. 9, 2011  Why Are Conservatives Happier
Than Liberals?   How do feelings about ideology and economic
inequality affect a person's happiness? As part of his reporting
of Making Sen$e of financial news, economics correspondent Paul
Solman explores the connection and asks some liberals at Occupy
DC and conservatives at the American Enterprise Institute to
grade their own happiness.  The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
provided funding for this project  JEFFREY BROWN: And finally
tonight, how do your feelings about economic inequality impact
your sense of happiness?  NewsHour economics correspondent Paul
Solman finds out.  It's part of his regular reporting on Making
Sense of financial news.  PAUL SOLMAN: How happy are you, scale
of one to four, one not at all happy, four very happy?  LORI
SANDERS, American Enterprise Institute: I'm a four.   LORI
SANDERS: I'm very happy.  PAUL SOLMAN: Lori Sanders works at the
conservative Washington think tank the American Enterprise
Institute. A few blocks a