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I can give you a good holistic explanation for why GDP growth alone is not required for national happiness. According to some, Nordic countries tend to be happi
by izendejas 17y ago
I can give you a good holistic explanation for why GDP growth alone is not required for national happiness. According to some, Nordic countries tend to be happier. They have the highest taxes, they work less, have virtual universal health care, but at the same time, on a per capita and per hour basis, they're virtually just as productive. Not that I blindly favor such policies here, but I don't know, maybe there's something to be learned from them. They seem to have had stable growth since the 80s. (Note: I really want to stable "stable.")
- kingkongreveng_ 17y agoThe Nordic countries are ethnically homogeneous with rooted communities. They have high average IQs and very low crime. I'd read a lot more into that than anything to do with economic or healthcare policy. The somewhat nordic Minnesota is also fairly "happy" despite its American economic system. Maybe you should be advocating policies that steer the country to being homogeneously white, middle class, and immobile? Somehow I doubt it.
- starkfist 17y agoNordic countries tend to be happier It's all a ruse. The Nordics simply have deep-rooted cultural proclivities to lie about how happy they are.
- kingkongreveng_ 17y agoThat would explain why the nordic populations in the upper mid-west are similarly "happy"...
- starkfist 17y agoIndeed...
- izendejas 17y agoPerhaps you can point me to some sources on which you base your argument? I'd like to read some more into this at some point. Thanks.