The knowledge of how to promote happiness is becoming a well-being revolution.
- In countries where people are trustworthy, generous, and mutually supportive, they are happier.
- Governments that promote a happy populace improve their chances of re-election.
- News reports on happiness are now more prevalent than coverage of income and GDP.
Chris Barrington-Leigh, of the McGill Institute for Health & Social Policy, wrote in the 2022 World Happiness Report that media reports on happiness are now more prevalent than coverage of income and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). As it turns out, the happiest countries are not the wealthiest countries but the countries with the highest levels of trust, mutual respect, and support. Now in its tenth year, the 2023 United Nations World Happiness Report foresees that happiness will remain high on the world agenda for the next decade also. Read more in my “Where Women Govern” blog at Psychology Today: 2023 World Happiness Report: “Happiness Is a Movement” | Psychology Today