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Bonus | The Real Lessons From The World Happiness Report (with Lara Aknin)

Bonus | The Real Lessons From The World Happiness Report (with Lara Aknin)

Update: 2025-01-09
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Each year, the World Happiness Report ranks countries based on their citizen's life satisfaction. My home country, Finland, tends to come at the top. Sure. But lessons can we draw from all this? Beyond patting Finns on the back, can we distil some more insights from the report?


I got to discuss this with Lara Aknin, co-editor of the World Happiness Report. In this previously unpublished clip, Aknin explains the major findings from the World Happiness Report and reveals the “single best predictor of happiness” across countries. 


If you want to hear more about Aknin’s work, see episode 47.




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Happiness | Life satisfaction | Economics | Social Science | World Happiness Report | Finland | Latin America | Nordic countries | Scandinavia | Welfare state | Well-being | Freedom | Equality | Generosity | Altruism





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Bonus | The Real Lessons From The World Happiness Report (with Lara Aknin)

Bonus | The Real Lessons From The World Happiness Report (with Lara Aknin)

Ilari Mäkelä