In 2020, the United States had a maternal mortality rate of about 24 deaths per 100,000 births. Finland and Scandinavian countries are not socialist in the sense that most of their productive capacity is in private rather than public hands. Stephen hypothetically dubs Angela, the national Zarena of being less unhappy, and the two remark that the job actually exists in the United Arab Emirates. Finally, Angela butchers the idiom pot calling the kettle black, and Stephen mistakenly says it's from a fairy tale.
How does comparing yourself to others affect your well-being? What do you do when there’s no one left to blame? And should we all just move to Finland?