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To: c.hinton who wrote (230560)	5/10/2007 3:42:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

About 10 years ago I started a happiness index = GDH per capita for countries. Sort of like GDP but for happiness. My measurement technique was subjective and not reproducible nor repeatable. But that doesn't mean it was inaccurate. I suppose my meaning of the word "happiness" included more contentment and genki than simple happiness. It fascinated me that India, despite grinding poverty, seemed to have a high GDH per capita. I thought it was probably higher than the USA. The most dour place I've come across was a town in Yugoslavia in 1974 just inland from the Adriatic. South Africa did NOT give off happy vibe [1974] and I bet it's no better. Of course countries vary greatly from place to place and Big Smokes have less happiness per capita than do smaller towns [usually, though not always]. I see there is now an attempt being made to measure happiness per capita. I'll ask Google. Sure enough, here's an attempt to cover the subject: psychologicalscience.org You prefer to use other measures than money because you don't have money worries. See the graphs on how happiness increases with money up to a certain level. Happiness goes up until various aspects of Maslow's hierarchy of needs are met so that self-actualization looms large. Mqurice