But according to the authors of the 2020 World Happiness Report, an annual survey of how satisfied people worldwide are with their lives, this is precisely the right moment to consider why Finland has once again made the top of the list. Rather, it is a measure of general satisfaction with life and, more important, the confidence that one lives in a place where people take care of one another, said John F Helliwell, an editor of the annual happiness report. This year, the study ranked cities around the world by their reported sense of well-being. According to Catherine A. Sanderson, a professor at Amherst College who has written about happiness, the report is a call to US institutions to study happiness the way they analyse SAT scores, obesity rates and the gross domestic product. “The first step is to ask, ‘Why is there this World Happiness Report?’ ” she said.

Source: bd News24 March 20, 2020 03:11 UTC