Economy and happiness: Questioning relationships

Happy and satisfied people should definitely be in the center of interest every state. There is no doubt that even today, economists politicians lightly associate people's happiness with macroeconomic outcomes. The logic not unfounded, but it too simplistic partly inaccurate for simple reason based on belief economic growth (gross domestic product, GDP) stability (public finances, prices, exchange rates) bring an increase income decline unemployment, crucial citizens to satisfied. However, GDP a country does necessarily provide greater satisfaction or, more simply, citizens, which confirms large number empirical studies (the well-known Easterlin paradox). Broadly (and correctly), degree depends health (physical mental), corruption, air pollution, education, crime rates sense security, quality public services, social relations like. As scientific methods , descriptive method was used describe problem, data characteristics observed phenomena processes, generalization making general conclusions. Overall, results showed once again why Scandinavian countries are happiest world, precisely because they always best ranked according all most popular frequently indicators measure SWB globally.