Comments on: Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/04/bhutans_gross_n/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kirangururng http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/04/bhutans_gross_n/comment-page-1/#comment-281803 kirangururng Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:22:48 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2317#comment-281803 <p>its good that we are experiencing GNH.(Gross National Happiness).And we are really happy of it.and im really happy to born in bhutan,its like heaven to me..</p> its good that we are experiencing GNH.(Gross National Happiness).And we are really happy of it.and im really happy to born in bhutan,its like heaven to me..

]]> By: Mapuii http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/04/bhutans_gross_n/comment-page-1/#comment-173702 Mapuii Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:33:29 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2317#comment-173702 <p>"Gross National Happiness" ... Interesting concept but to totally replace GDP(already tried,tested and proven useful) I am not so sure about it! But as a complementary approach to GDP I'd go for it, after all what is Economics analysis all about - welfare of the society!</p> “Gross National Happiness” … Interesting concept but to totally replace GDP(already tried,tested and proven useful) I am not so sure about it! But as a complementary approach to GDP I’d go for it, after all what is Economics analysis all about – welfare of the society!

]]> By: Online Paid Survey http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/04/bhutans_gross_n/comment-page-1/#comment-91237 Online Paid Survey Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:42:59 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2317#comment-91237 <p>If you want to make it a living on the Online Paid Survey industry there are a few things that you absolutely need to know, heed my warning. <a href="http://www.survey-scam.com">Online Paid Survey</a></p> If you want to make it a living on the Online Paid Survey industry there are a few things that you absolutely need to know, heed my warning. Online Paid Survey

]]> By: vinod-at-large http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/04/bhutans_gross_n/comment-page-1/#comment-29032 vinod-at-large Fri, 07 Oct 2005 20:48:41 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2317#comment-29032 <blockquote>Iran has a higher GDP than india, yet its women's rightsrecord is dismal. </blockquote> <p>This sort of stuff is - as with many things in life - a statistical distribution rather than a hard rule.</p> <p>And, as with many things in life, the Arab Middle East (as opposed to the Jewish/Israeli one) is so often the exception to the rule.</p> <p>Nearly everywhere else, a good Rights record correlates positively w/ GNP. Why, cuz you need to respect and accommodate people to some level in order to harness their creative output... when your wealth bubbles up from underground, you don't really need to respect your citizens quite as much...</p> Iran has a higher GDP than india, yet its women’s rightsrecord is dismal.

This sort of stuff is – as with many things in life – a statistical distribution rather than a hard rule.

And, as with many things in life, the Arab Middle East (as opposed to the Jewish/Israeli one) is so often the exception to the rule.

Nearly everywhere else, a good Rights record correlates positively w/ GNP. Why, cuz you need to respect and accommodate people to some level in order to harness their creative output… when your wealth bubbles up from underground, you don’t really need to respect your citizens quite as much…

]]> By: Guru Gulab Khatri http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/04/bhutans_gross_n/comment-page-1/#comment-28901 Guru Gulab Khatri Thu, 06 Oct 2005 23:42:13 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2317#comment-28901 <blockquote>GDP is important because it (GDP per capita) correlates extremely well with things we normally associate with prosperity. Example:longer life expectancies, lower fertility rates*, better education ... * often an indicator of women's rights </blockquote> <p>Iran has a higher GDP than india, yet its women's rightsrecord is dismal.</p> GDP is important because it (GDP per capita) correlates extremely well with things we normally associate with prosperity. Example:longer life expectancies, lower fertility rates*, better education … * often an indicator of women’s rights

Iran has a higher GDP than india, yet its women’s rightsrecord is dismal.

]]> By: epoch http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/04/bhutans_gross_n/comment-page-1/#comment-28674 epoch Wed, 05 Oct 2005 20:41:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2317#comment-28674 <p>GDP is important because it (GDP per capita) correlates extremely well with things we normally associate with prosperity.</p> <p>Example:longer life expectancies, lower fertility rates*, better education ...</p> <ul> <li>often an indicator of women's rights</li> </ul> <p>This is also why most economists don't think highly of things like GPI and GNH etc.</p> GDP is important because it (GDP per capita) correlates extremely well with things we normally associate with prosperity.

Example:longer life expectancies, lower fertility rates*, better education …

  • often an indicator of women’s rights

This is also why most economists don’t think highly of things like GPI and GNH etc.

]]> By: Nina P http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/04/bhutans_gross_n/comment-page-1/#comment-28634 Nina P Wed, 05 Oct 2005 18:00:44 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2317#comment-28634 <blockquote>The key is human nature. We suck. A happiness index would eventually crumble.</blockquote> <p>I pretty much agree, but the ol' <a href="http://www.econlib.org/library/Malthus/malPlong.html">Malthus</a> vs. <a href-"http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/godwin.html">Godwin</a> debate rages on.</p> <p>If only humans were inherently, consistently virtuous, what wonderful economic systems we could live in!</p> The key is human nature. We suck. A happiness index would eventually crumble.

I pretty much agree, but the ol’ Malthus vs. Godwin debate rages on.

If only humans were inherently, consistently virtuous, what wonderful economic systems we could live in!

]]> By: vurdlife http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/04/bhutans_gross_n/comment-page-1/#comment-28620 vurdlife Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:48:59 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2317#comment-28620 <p>Ok nevermind, don't go Bhutan.</p> <p>:-)</p> Ok nevermind, don’t go Bhutan.

:-)

]]> By: Guru Gulab Khatri http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/04/bhutans_gross_n/comment-page-1/#comment-28582 Guru Gulab Khatri Wed, 05 Oct 2005 06:19:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2317#comment-28582 <p>This is nothing but PR relation story from bhutan especialy after the major F'up over kicking out ethnic nepalis out. India was a guilty party here too. It allowed for transit ...India probably reached a secret agreement with bhutan over these issues.</p> This is nothing but PR relation story from bhutan especialy after the major F’up over kicking out ethnic nepalis out. India was a guilty party here too. It allowed for transit …India probably reached a secret agreement with bhutan over these issues.

]]> By: dhaavak http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/04/bhutans_gross_n/comment-page-1/#comment-28579 dhaavak Wed, 05 Oct 2005 05:27:45 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2317#comment-28579 <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/051004/ids_photos_wl/r2584249867.jpg">what do you see?</a></p> what do you see?

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