Between the Lines:Is Banning Television the Way to Better National Happiness?

The ScotsmanApril 11, 2006

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IT MAY be easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven, but surveys consistently show that wealthy individuals are happier than the poor.

The same holds true for nation states: rich countries report higher levels of well-being than poor ones.

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Between the Lines:Is Banning Television the Way to Better National Happiness?

Even with sophisticated survey techniques, however, "happiness" is a difficult concept for governments to grapple with.

Instead, they tend to fall back on the pursuit of economic growth, taking the view that f...

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