Good Gauge
11/23/2018 |
The Friday File: With GDP under attack for focusing on output and not well-being, look to the 2018 World Happiness Report. The happiest nation is Finland, followed closely by Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland, all small, reasonably homogeneous, wealthy democracies. The U.S. ranks 18th. The only non-North American or European nations in top 19 are New Zealand in 8th, Australia in 10th, Israel in 11th and Costa Rica in 13th.