Bhutan counts the cost of trying to buy happiness Reply

Novice monks listen to a radio under a tree at the Dechen Phrodrang Buddhist monastery in Bhutan's capital Thimphu

Novice monks listen to a radio under a tree at the Dechen Phrodrang Buddhist monastery in Bhutan’s capital Thimphu

Reposted from Reuters
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…