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Thoughtful explorations of gross national happiness issues and questions, including the interplay between community and individual well being.
Well, that’s it! I arrived in Boston on November 2nd, greeted by family and friends, after walking 10,000 miles over the course of seven years. Gifted with the unique opportunity to see this beautiful country at 3 mph, I savored…
Join Paula Francis and GNHUSA in person as the Happiness Walk concludes. The 10,000 mile Happiness Walk, a 7-year project of Gross National Happiness USA, will conclude in Boston, MA at 2pm on Saturday November 2nd, located in the Free…
Do animals make us happy? Most people would answer “yes”. Why else the proliferation of internet cat videos, or baby animal memes posted all over Facebook and message boards. Most of us feel a connection to animals such that even…
GNHUSA welcomes Kati Gallagher as she joins the organization as a new board member. Kati is a graduating master’s student at the University of Vermont studying Community Development & Applied Economics and is completing a thesis on wellbeing measurement. Part…
The world happiness report takes into account a lot of different aspects of each country when deciding which country has the happiest people. For the past three years, Finland has been at the top of world happiness. Supposedly, the Finish…
What is “the economy?” At first, this might seem like an esoteric question, but it has ramifications for how we approach public policy questions. This question has special relevance for those of us who conduct cost-benefit analysis, which has been…
Recently I had the good fortune of being invited to participate in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) 6th World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy held in Incheon, South Korea. I was asked to present the case…
Editor's Note: Welcome to our new Board of Directors member, Rob Moore, the author of this post. He brings a unique perspective to our work. A lot of people I know scoff when I start bringing up “happiness” in a…
GNHUSA is excited to share that Rob Moore is our newest board member. Rob is a policy analyst based in Columbus, Ohio. He is passionate about helping state policymakers make better decisions by providing them with rigorous analysis that measures…
On June 30th, GNHUSA was an honored and enthusiastic participant in an exciting new international, collaborative effort to advance the happiness movement: The Happiness Roundtable. Founded and curated by Paul Rogers and Laura Musikanski, Executive Director of the Happiness Alliance, the…