Are International Happiness Rankings Reliable?

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bikenaga

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incomingpain

4 months ago

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Not in the slightest; if they were, the measurement would be rather useless anyway. It's easy to skew the issue temporarily; typically this works for 5-10 years and then it comes crashing down. Greece did it come 2004 until their crash in 2009.

GDP per capita is the most reliable and closest measurement to a happiness measure.

DaveZale

4 months ago

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Really?

So money buys happiness?

I'm not entirely convinced.

But I'm all ears. Tell me more if you have a moment.

incomingpain

4 months ago

>So money buys happiness?

It's a myth that money doesnt buy happiness. It was proven wrong.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnjennings/2024/02/12/money-b...

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