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Happiest Nation in the World: Finland !!
As in 2018, Finland again takes the top spot as the happiest country in the world according to three years of surveys taken by Gallup from 2016-2018. Rounding out the rest of the top ten are countries that have consistently ranked among the happiest. They are in order: Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada and Austria. The US ranked 19th dropping one spot from last year.
This year's happiness report focuses on happiness and the community: how happiness has evolved over the past dozen years, with a focus on the technologies, social norms, conflicts and government policies that have driven those changes. Special chapters focus on generosity and prosocial behaviour, the effects of happiness on voting behavior, big data, and the happiness effects of internet use and addictions.
The chapter by Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network focuses on the epidemic of addictions and unhappiness in America, a rich country yet one where happiness has been declining rather than rising.
"This year's report provides sobering evidence of how addictions are causing considerable unhappiness and depression in the US," Sachs said. "Addictions come in many forms, from substance abuse to gambling to digital media. The compulsive pursuit of substance abuse and addictive behaviors is causing severe unhappiness. Government, business, and communities should use these indicators to set new policies aimed at overcoming these sources of unhappiness."
http://worldhappiness.report/news/fi...-in-the-world/
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An interesting data point: budget deficit as percentage of GDP:
USA: 3.8% (2018)
Finland: 0.7% (2017)
https://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/fede...it_percent_gdp
https://countryeconomy.com/deficit/finland
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What?? The USA is 19th?!?!
Blame it on Trump
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Originally Posted by
krystian
His post demonstrates that the headline was overly dramatic, don't you think ?
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I notice that all of the mentioned countries are small in terms of population and they are all found in temperate climate zones. None of them have large problems associated with drugs.
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I am always leery of stats.
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Originally Posted by
Colonel
His post demonstrates that the headline was overly dramatic, don't you think ?
And maybe totally wrong regardless of the poll. You can't get a poll or anything else these days without an agenda behind it.
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Originally Posted by
Colonel
His post demonstrates that the headline was overly dramatic, don't you think ?
Originally Posted by
fuego
And maybe totally wrong regardless of the poll. You can't get a poll or anything else these days without an agenda behind it.
Yeah, it was kinda strange so I did a search on cost of living and taxes in Finland and they're both high with Finland's tax rate at 52%. I dunno about that poll either, maybe its true and ignorance is bliss?
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Originally Posted by
krystian
Yeah, it was kinda strange so I did a search on cost of living and taxes in Finland and they're both high with Finland's tax rate at 52%. I dunno about that poll either, maybe its true and ignorance is bliss?
Not sure what any of this has to do with Finland's tax rate and cost of living. And what exactly are they ignorant of ?
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