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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The Netherlands is the hub of happiness research and also among the world’s happiest nations.
Chapter 3: Swiss happiness stems from precision, avoiding class conflict, and relishing the natural world.
Chapter 4: In Bhutan, happiness guides national policy, with spirituality and Buddhism also contributing.
Chapter 5: Qatar is wealthy, yet with scant culture and a harsh environment, there’s very little happiness to be found.
Chapter 6: Icelanders draw happiness from a lively culture and a truly stunning natural landscape.
Chapter 7: Many factors make Moldova the least happy place on the planet today.
Chapter 8: Thais find their happiness by not taking life too seriously.
Chapter 9: Britain has run a few happiness experiments, yet it’s not valued as highly as other traits.
Chapter 10: In India, happiness is big business, though there is still true wisdom to be discovered out there.
Chapter 11: The United States has grown wealthier even as its happiness has declined overall.
Description
The Geography of Bliss (2008) asks which nations are the happiest on Earth, and what it is about these countries that makes their citizens so joyful. The answers to these questions reveal some fundamental truths about our many cultural differences, as well as the many similarities and contradictions we share.
Who Should Listen
- Everyone in search of bliss
- Those with either a glass-half-full or glass-half-empty philosophy
- Happiness researchers and people interested in the world’s different cultures of happiness