# Dear Prudence recommends Prof. Jonathan Haidt's book to a reader

1 Faculty News March 11, 2014 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030878.jpg?itok=yZEL47p9)>

Excerpt from [Slate](http://www.slate.com/articles/life/dear_prudence/2014/03/dear_prudence_is_my_boyfriend_a_freeloader_my_friends_think_so.2.html) -- "Dear Blues, I have a suggestion for a birthday present: Get yourself a copy of [Jonathan Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt)’s The Happiness Hypothesis and read how all of us struggle like riders atop an elephant to control our thoughts."

[Read more](http://www.slate.com/articles/life/dear_prudence/2014/03/dear_prudence_is_my_boyfriend_a_freeloader_my_friends_think_so.2.html)