Sunday , November 24 2024
Home / Mike Norman Economics / IPSOS – The state of happiness in a COVID world

IPSOS – The state of happiness in a COVID world

Summary:
Global Happiness 2020 survey shows happiness has receded in many, but not all countries since last year.China is said to be an authoritarian state, an oppressive regime. In my opinion, the Western liberals are just as supremacist as the Right when they say the Chinese should get rid of their government and adopt the Western system when the Chinese are happy with things as they are. Retired Ambassador Chas Freeman says that the Western establishment won't give up hostilities towards China until the Chinese stop being Chinese. Level of Happiness% very happy + rather happyChange in % very happy + rather happy since 6/2019% very happy + rather happyChange in % very happy + rather happy since 6/2019Global Average63%−1%China93%11%Netherlands87%Saudi

Topics:
Mike Norman considers the following as important:

This could be interesting, too:

Matias Vernengo writes Elon Musk (& Vivek Ramaswamy) on hardship, because he knows so much about it

Lars Pålsson Syll writes Klas Eklunds ‘Vår ekonomi’ — lärobok med stora brister

New Economics Foundation writes We need more than a tax on the super rich to deliver climate and economic justice

Robert Vienneau writes Profits Not Explained By Merit, Increased Risk, Increased Ability To Compete, Etc.

 Global Happiness 2020 survey shows happiness has receded in many, but not all countries since last year.


China is said to be an authoritarian state, an oppressive regime. 

In my opinion, the Western liberals are just as supremacist as the Right when they say the Chinese should get rid of their government and adopt the Western system when the Chinese are happy with things as they are. 

Retired Ambassador Chas Freeman says that the Western establishment won't give up hostilities towards China until the Chinese stop being Chinese. 



%
 very happy + rather happy
Change
 in % very happy + rather happy since 6/2019
% very happy + rather happy
Change in % very happy + rather happy since 6/2019
Global Average
63%
−1%
China
93%
11%
Netherlands
87%
Saudi Arabia
80%
2%
France
78%
−2%
Canada
78%
−8%
Australia
77%
−9%
Great Britain
76%
−6%
Sweden
74%
−1%
Germany
73%
−5%
Belgium
71%
−2%
United States
70%
−9%
Poland
68%
−3%
India
66%
−11%
Brazil
63%
2%
Malaysia
62%
10%
Italy
62%
5%
Turkey
59%
6%
Russia
58%
11%
Japan
55%
3%
South Korea
54%
0%
South Africa
52%
−7%
Mexico
46%
−13%
Hungary
45%
−5%
Argentina
43%
9%
Spain
38%
−8%
Chile
35%
−15%
Peru
32%
−26%


Among 29 potential sources of happiness, people across the world are most likely to say they derive “the greatest happiness” from:

  • My health/physical well-being (cited by 55%)
  • My relationship with my partner/spouse (49%)
  • My children (49%)
  • Feeling my life has meaning (48%)
  • My living conditions (45%)
  • My personal safety and security (45%)
  • Feeling in control of my life (43%)
  • Having a meaningful job/employment (43%)
  • Satisfaction with the direction their life is going (40%)
  • Having more money (40%)


Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *