The rich are not the happiest,
according to survey

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Most studies into the relationship between income and happiness, or wealth and wellbeing, have shown little correlation between these two important aspects of life, but they have shown a significant correlation between income equality and happiness.

As the chart shows, some of the poorest countries have some of the happiest people, just as long as the wealth is spread reasonably fairly. Obviously there are other factors one must take into consideration, such as climate and culture and the way people respond to such surveys, but the important point as far as this investigation is concerned is that a reduction in average incomes doesn’t have to mean a decline in wellbeing, and if such a reduction can be accompanied by greater equality, could even lead to greater happiness.
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Reported by Michael Roscoe
for New Internationalist
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Posted August 2015
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