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The small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is known internationally for two things: High visa fees, which reduce the influx of tourists, and its policy of promoting "gross national happiness" instead of economic growth. The two are related: More tourists might boost the economy but they would damage Bhutan's environment and culture, and so reduce happiness in the long run.
John Keynes famously said: "I would rather be vaguely right than precisely wrong." He pointed out that, when ideas first come into the world, they are likely to be woolly and in need of more work to define them sharply. That may be the case with the idea of happiness as the goal of national policy.
- http://www.todayonline.com/Commentary/EDC110927-0000238/How-do-we-measure-national-happiness?
John Keynes famously said: "I would rather be vaguely right than precisely wrong." He pointed out that, when ideas first come into the world, they are likely to be woolly and in need of more work to define them sharply. That may be the case with the idea of happiness as the goal of national policy.
- http://www.todayonline.com/Commentary/EDC110927-0000238/How-do-we-measure-national-happiness?
