Question

DISCUSSION ABOUT PODCAST FREAKONOMICS EPISODE 345 HOW TO BE HAPPY?

Answer 1

The Freakonomics radio archive of 345 is talking about the world happiness released by the UN. The interesting point in the report is that the unhealthy GDP countries like Nordic countries (Denmark) have the top place in the index. Countries like Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Finland came to the top ten list of the report. The professor Sachs is talking about the measurement issue of happiness index, to him, it is a broader measure. He criticizes the US in terms of happiness index like the GDP per capita of the US increases over the years but not the happiness of the people. The physical and mental health of the people is very low in the US. It is essential to maintain friendship, mental health and physical health and also better charitability and good governance for better happiness.