Extensive analysis of 152 countries uncovers societal determinants of happiness
Eric W. Dolanpsypost.org
Extensive analysis of 152 countries uncovers societal determinants of happiness
Extensive analysis of 152 countries uncovers societal determinants of happiness
Eric W. Dolanpsypost.org
We live in a world of widening emotional inequality. The top 20 percent of the world is experiencing highest level of happiness and well-being since Gallup began measuring these things. The bottom 20 percent is experiencing the worst. It’s a fundamentally unjust and unstable situation. The emotional health of the world is shattering.
New York Times • Opinion | The Rising Tide of Global Sadness
is that average levels of happiness in the United States have risen very little if at all over the past 50 years despite substantial growth in per capita incomes.13
Derek Bok • The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being
Getting richer is not the only or even the best way of getting happier. Social and political liberation is far more effective, says the political scientist Ronald Ingleheart: the big gains in happiness come from living in a society that frees you to make choices about your lifestyle – about where to live, who to marry, how to express your sexuality... See more