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Let me share a story here. I visited Pakistan after 10 years last year. I was once visiting a market and I saw a shopkeeper peeling his orange and throwing the peel right in front of his shop which already had a little pile of trash. I was shocked to see how he was completely fine with sitting on the trash and conducting his business. If it were my property, it would have driven me crazy but the guy was sitting enjoying his orange like it did not bother him one bit. Then, I saw another guy riding his motorcycle in the market. I learnt my lesson that day. Most of these guys were incompletely insensitive to their surroundings. It makes perfect sense why they would be so happy despite their country and lives having so many problems.
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from the original report:
think its quite rich of some posters to downplay these factors as simple minded delusion.
if similar results were obtained of western ascetics, or far eastern monks i'm sure the same people who are ridiculing Pakistan would most likely be arguing for developing a greater understanding of the aspirations of these people.
having lived in Pakistan for a bit, there is a stream of spiritualism that runs through the people, and a value of family that perhaps manifests itself in the fulfillment of non materialistic aspirations which tends to greater happiness.
think its quite rich of some posters to downplay these factors as simple minded delusion.
if similar results were obtained of western ascetics, or far eastern monks i'm sure the same people who are ridiculing Pakistan would most likely be arguing for developing a greater understanding of the aspirations of these people.
having lived in Pakistan for a bit, there is a stream of spiritualism that runs through the people, and a value of family that perhaps manifests itself in the fulfillment of non materialistic aspirations which tends to greater happiness.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosm...kistan-beats-india-in-happiness/#58ac01713787
Just as suspected, shinning India has left most Indians behind. Income and growth is not trickling down, as it never does, to the lower strata of society. Furthermore, centrality of notion of charity in one society versus the lack thereof in the other, ensures the spreading of wealth and the opposite in the other. Hence, Pakistanis are happier then their Indian counterparts.
Mar 23, 2019, 12:24pm
Pakistan Beats India In Happiness
Panos Mourdoukoutas
When it comes to happiness Pakistan beats India big time.That's according to the recently published World Happiness Report, which ranks Pakistan in the 67th position, and India in the 140th position—near the bottom of the list of the 156 countries ranked.
Most notably, the gap between the two countries has widened compared to two years ago, when Pakistan ranked in the 80th position, and India in the 122nd position. That's in sharp contrast with the performance of the equity markets of the two countries. Happy citizens usually help the economy grow and prosper -- taking equity markets to new highs. But that isn’t the case with the equity markets of the se two countries. Pakistan’s equities have been heading south in the last twelve months, as India’s equities moved north.
The World Happiness Report combines quantitative data -- such as per capita GDP growth -- and qualitative data, such as social support, freedom to make life choices, and perceptions of corruption , to rank 156 countries.
Pakistan's big edge in the happiness ranking over India may come as a surprise to some emerging market observers. India’s economy has been outperforming Pakistan’s in a number of metrics, like world competitiveness, GDP size and growth, and inflation rates - see table.
Besides, India is a democracy that has yet to be interrupted by military coups.
Pakistan’s, India’s Key Metrics (2018
Country
India
Pakistan
GDP
$2597.49 billion
$304.95 billion
GDP Growth yoy
6.6%
5.79%
Unemployment
6.1%
5.9%
Inflation Rate
2.57%
8.21%
World Competitiveness Ranking
58
107
Capital flows
-$21.31 million
-$1210.63 million
Government Debt to GDP
68.7%
72.5%
Tradingeconomics.com 3/22/19
So, what have Pakistanis done better than Indians in the pursuit of happiness?
It’s hard to say. Most of the variables included in the calculations are qualitative, and therefore, prone to specification and measurement errors.
Still , the gap between the rankings of the two countries is too big to be ignored.
“It must be other metrics, like income inequality and poverty,” says Udayan Roy, Professor of Economics at LIU POST. “That’s matters more than per capita GDP when it comes to well-being of the masses.”
Indeed, the rich are getting richer in India while the poor are getting poorer.
Over the last four decades, India’s top 1% earners’ share of the country’s income rose from roughly 7% to 22%, as of 2014. Meanwhile, the income share of the bottom 50% earners declined from roughly 23% in the early 1980s to 15% in 2014.
That’s according to 2018 World Inequality Report, which compiles data from the 1950s to 2014.
Meanwhile, India’s income inequality is much higher than that of both Pakistan, and Bangladesh, as measured by the Gini coefficient of income inequality.
That’s according to Standardized World Income Inequality data.
Meanwhile, poverty rates are higher in India than they are in Pakistan and Bangladesh, according to World Bank.
Then there’s “vulnerable employment”— employment in unpaid family activities—which is much higher in India than in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Wait, there’s more. There’s economic freedom.
Published by the Heritage Foundation, the Economic Freedom report measures such things as trade freedom, business freedom, investment freedom, and the degree of property rights protection in 186 countries.
Though the two countries have ranked closely in the last couple of years, Pakistan’s ranking has consistently beaten India's over longer periods.
In fact, a closer look at the ranking components of the two countries reveals that Pakistan has fared better than India in the area of government spending, which matter a great deal when it comes to providing on welfare programs.
Country
Overall Ranking
Score
Property Rights
Business Freedom
Labor Freedom
Government Spending
Pakistan
131
55.0
41.50
56.10
41.8
87.6
India
129
55.2
57.30
57.1
41.8
77.3
Source: The Heritage Foundation 2018
Simply put, Pakistan has been getting ahead of India in spreading the wealth to the masses.
And this strategy has begun to make a difference in the way Pakistanis create and spend wealth in the pursuit of happiness -- though they have long way to go before catching up with Indians on other economic metrics.
Just as suspected, shinning India has left most Indians behind. Income and growth is not trickling down, as it never does, to the lower strata of society. Furthermore, centrality of notion of charity in one society versus the lack thereof in the other, ensures the spreading of wealth and the opposite in the other. Hence, Pakistanis are happier then their Indian counterparts.
Mar 23, 2019, 12:24pm
Pakistan Beats India In Happiness
Panos Mourdoukoutas
When it comes to happiness Pakistan beats India big time.That's according to the recently published World Happiness Report, which ranks Pakistan in the 67th position, and India in the 140th position—near the bottom of the list of the 156 countries ranked.
Most notably, the gap between the two countries has widened compared to two years ago, when Pakistan ranked in the 80th position, and India in the 122nd position. That's in sharp contrast with the performance of the equity markets of the two countries. Happy citizens usually help the economy grow and prosper -- taking equity markets to new highs. But that isn’t the case with the equity markets of the se two countries. Pakistan’s equities have been heading south in the last twelve months, as India’s equities moved north.
The World Happiness Report combines quantitative data -- such as per capita GDP growth -- and qualitative data, such as social support, freedom to make life choices, and perceptions of corruption , to rank 156 countries.
Pakistan's big edge in the happiness ranking over India may come as a surprise to some emerging market observers. India’s economy has been outperforming Pakistan’s in a number of metrics, like world competitiveness, GDP size and growth, and inflation rates - see table.
Besides, India is a democracy that has yet to be interrupted by military coups.
Pakistan’s, India’s Key Metrics (2018
Country
India
Pakistan
GDP
$2597.49 billion
$304.95 billion
GDP Growth yoy
6.6%
5.79%
Unemployment
6.1%
5.9%
Inflation Rate
2.57%
8.21%
World Competitiveness Ranking
58
107
Capital flows
-$21.31 million
-$1210.63 million
Government Debt to GDP
68.7%
72.5%
Tradingeconomics.com 3/22/19
So, what have Pakistanis done better than Indians in the pursuit of happiness?
It’s hard to say. Most of the variables included in the calculations are qualitative, and therefore, prone to specification and measurement errors.
Still , the gap between the rankings of the two countries is too big to be ignored.
“It must be other metrics, like income inequality and poverty,” says Udayan Roy, Professor of Economics at LIU POST. “That’s matters more than per capita GDP when it comes to well-being of the masses.”
Indeed, the rich are getting richer in India while the poor are getting poorer.
Over the last four decades, India’s top 1% earners’ share of the country’s income rose from roughly 7% to 22%, as of 2014. Meanwhile, the income share of the bottom 50% earners declined from roughly 23% in the early 1980s to 15% in 2014.
That’s according to 2018 World Inequality Report, which compiles data from the 1950s to 2014.
Meanwhile, India’s income inequality is much higher than that of both Pakistan, and Bangladesh, as measured by the Gini coefficient of income inequality.
That’s according to Standardized World Income Inequality data.
Meanwhile, poverty rates are higher in India than they are in Pakistan and Bangladesh, according to World Bank.
Then there’s “vulnerable employment”— employment in unpaid family activities—which is much higher in India than in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Wait, there’s more. There’s economic freedom.
Published by the Heritage Foundation, the Economic Freedom report measures such things as trade freedom, business freedom, investment freedom, and the degree of property rights protection in 186 countries.
Though the two countries have ranked closely in the last couple of years, Pakistan’s ranking has consistently beaten India's over longer periods.
In fact, a closer look at the ranking components of the two countries reveals that Pakistan has fared better than India in the area of government spending, which matter a great deal when it comes to providing on welfare programs.
Country
Overall Ranking
Score
Property Rights
Business Freedom
Labor Freedom
Government Spending
Pakistan
131
55.0
41.50
56.10
41.8
87.6
India
129
55.2
57.30
57.1
41.8
77.3
Source: The Heritage Foundation 2018
Simply put, Pakistan has been getting ahead of India in spreading the wealth to the masses.
And this strategy has begun to make a difference in the way Pakistanis create and spend wealth in the pursuit of happiness -- though they have long way to go before catching up with Indians on other economic metrics.
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But same thing happens in India as well. People throw garbage anywhere.
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