Happiness, happiness….

A 'World Happiness Report' sounds rather implausible;  or Orwellian.  But it exists, and has been put together by some top-flight authors - John Helliwell from Canada, Richard Layard from the UK and Jeffrey Sachs of the US.  Even if I disagree with the 'happiness' title, it's a big step towards measuring things that are important for our quality of life. (The authors admit the label is there for marketing purposes - 'wellbeing' would be far preferable in my view.) The WHR focuses on six determinants of happiness/wellbeing:  income, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom to make life choices, absence of corruption and generosity/giving.  Much of the report is unsurprising in itself…
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