By Richard Vickaryous – It doesn’t take a lot of resources to live happy, productive lives. The Happy Planet Index measures the efficiency of turning resources into satisfying human lives. It uses three statistics:
Some countries use an awful lot of resources per each year of happy life whereas others do a better job of turning resources into happy, productive lives. more> http://twurl.nl/m2zxzo
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