Richard Florida
by Richard Florida
Tue May 15th 2007 at 6:54am UTC

Money and Happiness

What does this ranking tell you?

2 Responses to “Money and Happiness”

  1. Michael Wells Says:

    Blondes have more fun? Dark, freezing winters promote fulfillment?

    • The four that are in the top 10 on all three lists are strong social democracies, with universal healthcare and strong safety nets.
    • Two of these get dinged by Business Week for high taxes, which don’t seem to have hurt them in any category.
    • Six of the top 20 are English speaking.
    • The top 3 in business competitiveness are all highly competitive societies socially as well, with low taxes and weak safety nets, and they rank fairly low in happiness.

  2. Neil Says:

    Timely post considering the riots in Copenhagen last night.