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Not surprising but my good friend and Socialist/Communist Wordslinger, leaves out the criterion for his beloved "HAPPIEST" country list.
The first criteria is life expectancy. As pointed out in the actual article, this is largely due to the homogeneous nature of the countries listed above the US. What Wordslinger wishes to ignore is that the US is a very mixed country with large percentages of people with shorter life expectancies. That reduces our overall life expectancy. Comparing Minnesota with the Scandanavian countries and they are virtually identical.
The other is basically if the country is highly taxed and have little or no incentive to improve oneself due to the huge "safety net".
Wordsling also intentionally left off the link so as to only provide his filtered information.
Why Scandinavian countries are the happiest in the world
By New York Times | Mar 17, 2016, 03.06 PM IST
Denmark topped the list in the first report, in 2012, and again in 2013, but it was displaced by Switzerland last year. In this year's ranking, Denmark was back at No. 1, followed by Iceland, Norway, Finland, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia and Sweden. Most are fairly homogeneous nations with strong social safety nets.
At the bottom of the list of more than 150 countries was Burundi, where a violent political crisis broke out last year. Burundi was preceded by Syria, Togo, Afghanistan, Benin, Rwanda, Guinea, Liberia, Tanzania and Madagascar. All of those nations are poor, and many have been destabilized by war, disease or both.
Of the world's most populous nations, China came in at No. 83, India at No. 118, the United States at No. 13, Indonesia at No. 79, Brazil at No. 17, Pakistan at No. 92, Nigeria at No. 103, Bangladesh at No. 110, Russia at No. 56, Japan at No. 53 and Mexico at No. 21. The United States rose two spots, from No. 15 in 2015.
From 2005 to 2015, Greece saw the largest drop in happiness of any country, a reflection of the economic crisis that began there in 2007.
The happiness ranking was based on individual responses to a global poll conducted by Gallup. The poll included a question, known as the Cantril Ladder: "Please imagine a ladder, with steps numbered from 0 at the bottom to 10 at the top. The top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder would you say you personally feel you stand at this time?"
The scholars found that three-quarters of the variation across countries could be explained by six variables: gross domestic product per capita (the rawest measure of a nation's ; healthy years of life expectancy; social support (as measured by perceived absence of corruption in government and business); perceived freedom to make life choices; and generosity (as measured by donations).
Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/51439397.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
From the plunge of Greece we can see what happens when the government runs out of money to pay for the cush life of the citizens. All of a sudden...they're NOT so "HAPPY".
You also...were not...candid about my wanting to "p*** off people. I enjoy p****** off the RIGHT people. That would be my good friends the Progressives.
Wordslinger also neglects to mention that the gap in income has INCREASED every year of this administration (Lame Duck President Obama) and the average income of workers has DROPPED. WELL DONE PRESIDENT OBAMA!
Keep up the good work!
The first criteria is life expectancy. As pointed out in the actual article, this is largely due to the homogeneous nature of the countries listed above the US. What Wordslinger wishes to ignore is that the US is a very mixed country with large percentages of people with shorter life expectancies. That reduces our overall life expectancy. Comparing Minnesota with the Scandanavian countries and they are virtually identical.
The other is basically if the country is highly taxed and have little or no incentive to improve oneself due to the huge "safety net".
Wordsling also intentionally left off the link so as to only provide his filtered information.
Why Scandinavian countries are the happiest in the world
By New York Times | Mar 17, 2016, 03.06 PM IST
Denmark topped the list in the first report, in 2012, and again in 2013, but it was displaced by Switzerland last year. In this year's ranking, Denmark was back at No. 1, followed by Iceland, Norway, Finland, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia and Sweden. Most are fairly homogeneous nations with strong social safety nets.
At the bottom of the list of more than 150 countries was Burundi, where a violent political crisis broke out last year. Burundi was preceded by Syria, Togo, Afghanistan, Benin, Rwanda, Guinea, Liberia, Tanzania and Madagascar. All of those nations are poor, and many have been destabilized by war, disease or both.
Of the world's most populous nations, China came in at No. 83, India at No. 118, the United States at No. 13, Indonesia at No. 79, Brazil at No. 17, Pakistan at No. 92, Nigeria at No. 103, Bangladesh at No. 110, Russia at No. 56, Japan at No. 53 and Mexico at No. 21. The United States rose two spots, from No. 15 in 2015.
From 2005 to 2015, Greece saw the largest drop in happiness of any country, a reflection of the economic crisis that began there in 2007.
The happiness ranking was based on individual responses to a global poll conducted by Gallup. The poll included a question, known as the Cantril Ladder: "Please imagine a ladder, with steps numbered from 0 at the bottom to 10 at the top. The top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder would you say you personally feel you stand at this time?"
The scholars found that three-quarters of the variation across countries could be explained by six variables: gross domestic product per capita (the rawest measure of a nation's ; healthy years of life expectancy; social support (as measured by perceived absence of corruption in government and business); perceived freedom to make life choices; and generosity (as measured by donations).
Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/51439397.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
From the plunge of Greece we can see what happens when the government runs out of money to pay for the cush life of the citizens. All of a sudden...they're NOT so "HAPPY".
You also...were not...candid about my wanting to "p*** off people. I enjoy p****** off the RIGHT people. That would be my good friends the Progressives.
Wordslinger also neglects to mention that the gap in income has INCREASED every year of this administration (Lame Duck President Obama) and the average income of workers has DROPPED. WELL DONE PRESIDENT OBAMA!
Keep up the good work!