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Gregg Easterbrook is an American author who is a senior editor of The New Republic, a journal of politics and the arts based in Washington, D.C. He formerly wrote for Slate and has also written sports columns, first for ESPN.com and now for NFL.com. Easterbrook has a bachelor's degree from Colorado College and a master's from Northwestern University. He is the brother of Judge Frank H. Easterbrook.
Writings Easterbrook has been a long time critic of the Space Shuttle program, publising an extensive criticism in 1980 in the Washington Monthly. Following the Challenger and Columbia disasters Easterbrook recieved attention for his belief that the shuttle program should be canceled.
In addition to his journalism work, Easterbrook has published several books. His latest, The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse, was published in December 2003. The book focuses on statistical data indicating that Americans are better off in terms of material goods and amount of free time available but that surveys show that they are not happier than before. Easterbrook argues that this has occurred due to choice anxiety and abundance denial.
Easterbrook has also written books on Christian theology, American football, and the environment, along with two novels.
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