On 10/12/05, Martin Tedjawardhana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A New Measure of Well-Being From a Happy Little Kingdom > > > What is happiness? In the United States and in many other industrialized > countries, it is often equated with money. > > Economists measure consumer confidence on the assumption that the resulting > figure says something about progress and public welfare. The gross domestic > product, or G.D.P., is routinely used as shorthand for the well-being of a > nation. > > Andrew C. Revkin/The New York Times > > Lyonpo Jigmi Thinley, in draped sweater, met with Bhutanese teachers. > > But the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has been trying out a different > idea. > > In 1972, concerned about the problems afflicting other developing countries > that focused only on economic growth, Bhutan's newly crowned leader, King > Jigme Singye Wangchuck, decided to make his nation's priority not its G.D.P. > but its G.N.H., or gross national happiness.
GNH dari negara2 Islam termasuk Indonesia pasti tinggi banget kalau lagi Bulan Ramadhan,abis itu naik turun :) Carlos
