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Old 07-26-2006, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Eurosocialist
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This really comes as a shocker. The neoliberal, capitalist countries are true hell-holes. America is a disaster. The UK is a miserable place.

Let's admit it, anyone who has ever visited a developing country simply intuitively feels that the people there are happier. It's not just the holiday atmosphere, there's something in their culture....

So instead of listening to people who represent misery (i.e. Blair, Bush, Chirac, Putin, etc...), we better listen to people from such countries as Vanuatu, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Panama, Cuba, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Vietnam, Bhutan, Samoa (Western), Sri Lanka, Antigua and Barbuda, Philippines, Nicaragua, Kyrgyzstan, Solomon Islands, Tunisia, São Tomé and Principe, Indonesia
Tonga, Tajikistan, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles, China, Thailand, Peru, Suriname, Yemen, Fiji, Morocco
Mexico, Maldives, Malta, Bangladesh, Comoros, Barbados, Malaysia, Palestine, Cape Verde, Argentina, Timor-Leste, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, Chile, Paraguay, Jamaica, Nepal, Mauritius, Mongolia, Uruguay, Ecuador, Uzbekistan, Grenada, Austria, India, Brazil, Iceland, Switzerland, Italy, Iran, Ghana, Bolivia, Netherlands, Madagascar, Cyprus, Algeria, Luxembourg, Bahamas, Papua New Guinea, Burma ... to name but a few that are far happier than America or Britain or any place in Europe.
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Old 07-28-2006, 04:37 AM
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Looks like your going to have to change your signature, Euro.

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The 20 happiest nations in the World are:

1. Denmark
2. Switzerland
3. Austria
4. Iceland
5. The Bahamas
6. Finland
7. Sweden
8. Bhutan
9. Brunei
10. Canada
11. Ireland
12. Luxembourg
13. Costa Rica
14. Malta
15. The Netherlands
16. Antigua and Barbuda
17. Malaysia
18. New Zealand
19. Norway
20. The Seychelles

Other notable results include:


23. USA
35. Germany
41. UK
62. France
82. China
90. Japan
125. India
167. Russia

SOURCE
With a rank of 28, I guess Belgium isn't the utopia you think it is.

Complete survey results here.
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Old 07-28-2006, 04:58 AM
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And Belgium ranks 28th.

Of course you have to dig a bit to find it. It's in the source link in the referenced article: http://www.le.ac.uk/pc/aw57/world/sample.html

As is so often the case, Belgium was too insignificant to mention in the 'A list' distribution version.

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Old 07-28-2006, 07:12 AM
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And Belgium ranks 28th.

Of course you have to dig a bit to find it. It's in the source link in the referenced article: http://www.le.ac.uk/pc/aw57/world/sample.html

As is so often the case, Belgium was too insignificant to mention in the 'A list' distribution version.
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Less significant then 8. Bhutan and 9. Brunei ?!
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Old 07-28-2006, 11:48 AM
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sunofahun beat me to it. I was going to post that the US ranks 23rd in another one of these polls.
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Default Re: Happy Planet Index: USA ranks 150th, one of world's most miserable countries
http://www.le.ac.uk/pc/aw57/world/sample.html
This is not the Happiness index. This is more of the HDI. No way this is linked to the happiness survey.

Happiness survey means going and asking people are they happy or not. This survey can be compared more to the HDI.
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Old 07-31-2006, 09:38 AM
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http://www.le.ac.uk/pc/aw57/world/sample.html
This is not the Happiness index. This is more of the HDI. No way this is linked to the happiness survey.

Happiness survey means going and asking people are they happy or not. This survey can be compared more to the HDI.
I guess the US is amongst the happiest nations in the world. That makes me................................................ ......happy.
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This is confusing.

Am I happy? Am I unhappy?

Will they please make up their minds?
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Old 07-31-2006, 05:36 PM
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This is confusing.

Am I happy? Am I unhappy?

Will they please make up their minds?
Just remember Cowboy "X".
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Old 08-08-2006, 10:12 PM
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The makers of the chart reference in the orignal post say themselves that:

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It shows the relative efficiency with which nations convert the planet’s natural resources into long and happy lives for their citizens. The nations that top the Index aren’t the happiest places in the world, but the nations that score well show that achieving, long, happy lives without over-stretching the planet’s resources is possible.
 
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