Novice monks listen to a radio under a tree at the Dechen Phrodrang Buddhist monastery in Bhutan’s capital Thimphu
By Belinda Goldsmith
They say you can’t buy happiness – and it’s something Bhutan is finding out the hard way.
The tiny, mostly-Buddhist Himalayan kingdom won a world voice for adopting a happiness index to measure its economy. But its prime minister says it promptly forgot its own lesson, and let a sudden rush of prosperity go to its head. More…
