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http://www.prosperity.com/ http://www.prosperity.com/ is the source of this study. Skip to this to see the list without Forbes' layer of editorial and ads.
by jhancock 16y ago
http://www.prosperity.com/ http://www.prosperity.com/ is the source of this study. Skip to this to see the list without Forbes' layer of editorial and ads.
- _delirium 16y agoForbes seems to be misrepresenting it, too. The ranking there (http://www.prosperity.com/rankings.aspx http://www.prosperity.com/rankings.aspx) doesn't claim it's a ranking of "happiness", but a weighted ranking of eight factors: economics, entrepreneurship/opportunity, governance, education, health, safety/security, personal freedom, and social capital. I suppose you could define doing well at a weighted combination of those eight factors as the meaning of "happiness", but that seems like a stretch. I'd expect a happiness ranking to be measuring perceived happiness or life satisfaction, while this is attempting to measure something else.
- maukdaddy 16y agoThanks for the direct list! However, there's no way the US ranks #1 in health.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoActually, I think I figured out why the US ranks well in health. Rather than measuring outputs, they also measure a weighted average of inputs, outputs, and opinions. Opinions include features like "Satisfaction with Environmental Beauty" (I'm sure the US is close to the top here). http://www.prosperity.com/health.aspx http://www.prosperity.com/health.aspx