South Korea adopting GNH ideas to replace GDP.

“The government has recently unveiled a plan to create its own quality of life indicator, the “National Happiness Index,” taking quality of life into consideration. The indicator may be seen as a tool to realize a philosophy reflected in the president’s Liberation Day address that underscored the importance of further improving the people’s standard of living. In fact, people’s common purpose in life may be summarized as the pursuit of happiness. Recently, much multidimensional research has been done to explore various views on the nature of happiness and how to pursue it.Though there have been no firm conclusions, a few matters have come to light. Research findings show that there is a close relationship between the characteristics of each society and the abundance of happiness. This demonstrates that developing happiness can be a realistic policy goal. “

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