Does a country need to be monetarily rich in order to be
happy?
One country in Central America, Costa Rica (the name literally
translates to “rich coast”) doesn’t think so. Although its GDP per
capita is about $10,000 a year (or one-sixth that of the United
States) in 2015 Costa Rica ranked higher than the United States in
terms of happiness (12th, according to the World Happiness Report
by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network). Costa Ricans
have the uplifting national...