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Exploring the Complex Relationship Between GDP Growth and Happiness: Insights from Research

This research investigates the paradox that GDP growth does not equate to increased happiness and may even result in social and environmental degradation. It identifies key contributors to happiness, including urbanization, effective water treatment, microfinance, and engaging civil society. Individual happiness factors such as age, education, and work-life balance are examined. Importantly, the research advocates for multidimensional happiness indicators that incorporate both material and spiritual needs, while emphasizing the necessity for interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approaches in future studies.

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Exploring the Complex Relationship Between GDP Growth and Happiness: Insights from Research

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  1. Academic Session From 26th November, 2007

  2. From the researches, • We found that GDP growth does not lead to happiness; • on the contrary uncontrolled growth leads to social and environmental degradation and less happiness. • Happiness can come from: • urbanization, spatial planning, cheap and effective water treatment, microfinance and Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (self-immunity) • civil engagement in shaping and appraising social process (ex.Thailand’s southern border provinces) • Individually, Happiness comes from: • age, education, earned status, time use/balancing work and life, way of thinking and right livelihood

  3. Creating happiness • Tools • Using ‘dialogue’ • Using ‘story telling’ • Actors • Monastic body • Teachers • Government • A point to be concerned is social transform is complex and nonlinear process.

  4. GNH/happiness Indicators should… • Measure its multidimensional nature • Incorporate the measurement of • abstract value and • human needs: from the basic needs to complicated spiritual needs • Creating Indicators should consider • environmental issues. • well-being which included happiness of individual & society • lifetime satisfaction and • Mental quality and capacity.

  5. What are next steps? • Research Strengthening • relativity and subjectivity • action researches • common vocabularies • New Knowledge Creation/ Interdisciplinary Research • Cross-cultural research: universalism vs. parochialism • Learning Community: off & on-line • Research for Policy Advocacy

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