Norway is the happiest country on earth
while the US has led to 14th according
to an in-depth report from the United
Nations researchers say six key factors
affect each country's happiness score
income life expectancy freedom
generosity corruption and social support
among the community income has a big
effect on a country's happiness but the
report shows it's not everything for
example Norway's economy didn't improve
as much as America's but Norway's
overall happiness ranked number one
while America's dropped to improve
happiness in the US the report says
politicians should focus on social
reform instead of economic reform for
example from 2006 2 2016 the US
corruption score jumped sixteen percent
to offset that effect on happiness
without improving corruption the average
income would have to increase by nine
thousand dollars the decline in social
support had an even stronger effect to
offset that drop the average income
would have to jump by twenty nine
thousand dollars the report notes if
politicians really want to tackle the
problem from the financial side there
are two places they should start
campaign finance reform and reducing
economic inequality