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Why North Europeans Are the Happiest People

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"Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark and Norway are the world's happiest countries, according to the 2015 World Happiness Report, ... Bringing countries together in a big bloc such as the EU doesn't help increase social capital. And when some countries in such a union do worse than others, their social fabric rips in a dramatic way, trust erodes and the decline in happiness becomes more pronounced than economic losses alone can explain. That's what happened in Greece, the biggest happiness loser compared with data for 2005-2007. Other big losers are Italy and Spain." - Why North Europeans Are the Happiest People - Bloomberg View

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