126. Are Scandinavians Really Happier Than Americans?
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The Problem With Economic Prosperity in Happiness Metrics
It seems weird to like make it one of the points in this the scale. It would basically mean like there is no like small tribal area that is happy because they don't have any GDP. Economic prosperity on an individual level provides the means to achieve a certain level of like what Nick said plus you're just higher up on the overall hierarchy of needs. In a tribal situation it's not important. And so in a micro situation Steven I agree with you but that micro situation has to be removed from all contextual comparison ability to the rest of the country.
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