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Llega la `happycracia? o la obligacion de ser feliz / There comes the 'happycracy' or the obligation to be happy

20 March 2019

The UN instituted in 2012 the International Day of Happiness. Even a stream of economists flourishes like Richard Layard who have proposed to replace a parameter as questioned as GDP by happiness indices. Indexes that Finland leads, and in which Spain is ranked 36 below Saudi Arabia. David Cameron, after announcing in 2007 the biggest cuts in the history of his country, decided that it was time to adopt happiness as an index: the British should not think only of putting money in their pockets, but in what makes them happier.

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