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Today the United Nations will discuss happiness. Does happiness contribute to the well-being of the world? Tom Barefoot, co-coordinator of Gross National Happiness USA, believes that having a sound economy might be less important than having a country filled with happy people. How do we measure – or achieve – something so abstract?
Today the United Nations will discuss happiness. Does happiness contribute to the well-being of the world? Tom Barefoot, co-coordinator of Gross National Happiness USA, believes that having a sound economy might be less important than having a country filled with happy people. How do we measure – or achieve – something so abstract?