Bronx News Roundup, September 29
Refugees from Bhutan have come to find a new home in the Bronx. Although many Bhutanese refugees are scattered throughout the Bronx, a large populatio...
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Banned in Bhutan
Lisa Napoli | Posted 11.24.2009 | Media
As dead tree media consolidate and contract and close here in the United States, newspapers are booming in the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.
Remote Controlled
Lisa Napoli | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media
So perhaps it wasn't as revolutionary as the birth control pill or the automobile or hot lead type, but the first wireless remote control, when it debuted in 1956, created a culture of instant gratification.
What We Measure Matters
Chip Conley | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business
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Modern man has been liberated by prosperity but not fulfilled by it; psychologists and economists are seeking new ways to measure the intangibles of public welfare.
The Happiest Place on the Planet?
Chip Conley | Posted 06.11.2009 | World
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Bhutan is "simultaneously placid and intellectually invigorating"....not a simple combination. Their unique history of never being colonized nor conquered, have all created the conditions for happiness to flourish.
Gross National Happiness Gets Renewed Focus During Global Crisis
New York Times | Posted 06.07.2009 | World
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If the rest of the world cannot get it right in these unhappy times, this tiny Buddhist kingdom high in the Himalayan mountains says it is working on ...
What Do We Value?
Chip Conley | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business
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There's much evidence today showing that this GDP = Quality of Life perspective is just plain wrong both in the developed and the less-developed world.
America Beyond Compare?
Michael Sigman | Posted 03.28.2009 | Living
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Why does everything American have to be better than everything else? Candidates for public office constantly embarrass themselves by insisting that Americans are the best.
Easygoing Bhutanese Are OK With Divorce
BBC NEWS | Charles Haviland | Posted 01.29.2009 | World
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Bhutan,
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World News
"The divorce case is very, very common. If you go to the court, you will see most of the cases are all on divorce." It may sound like a comment from ...
Three Amigos: McCain, Lieberman And Graham Visit Bhutan
New York Times | Carl Hulse | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics
The election is behind them but the three amigos - Senators John McCain, Joseph I. Lieberman and Lindsey Graham - are still jetting from place to plac...
Brazil To Measure Its Happiness Index
Times of India | Posted 12.31.2008 | World
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Gnh,
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Gross National Happiness,
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World News
THIMPHU: Bhutan's Gross National Happiness (GNH) has found a new admirer in Brazil, which says it plans to adopt the unique development index as it wi...
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