Japan's ranking on the Human Development Index is ahead of the US. Do you think if they had charted a different economic course Japanese citizens would have a w

Japan's ranking on the Human Development Index is ahead of the US. Do you think if they had charted a different economic course Japanese citizens would have a wildly better quality of life compared to US citizens rather than just being slightly better? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Dev...