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As far as racism and social tension between economic classes, I'm not sure that is something that is 'solvable' per se. Europe certainly still has all those problems.
My understanding is the net immigration from Mexico is a negative number: more Mexicans leaving than coming. OTOH I suspect most of the middle east would move here if they were allowed to.I haven't heard any evidence of this in recent years. People are struggling to get away from places with violence and poverty. (Mexico / Latin America, or Syria) for example. You don't hear of a ton of ethnic Europeans clamoring to get to the U.S. these days.
So why not do what the private sector does and scour the world for what works, especially when we know things aren't working well here?
Yes this is anecdotal, and yes I can't prove it with facts and figures, but that is part of the reason an article on happiness is so God awful in it's arbitrary comparisons and conclusions.
So to be clear ...the stretch has become that socialized medicine and high taxes leads to increased "happiness" and if we had those things, people would be less unhappy, thus eliminating anger/racism/fear/hate/ignorance and the votes for Trump? Do I have that right?
North sea oil is on its last legs. It may pay for a couple of the country's programs, but places like France & Germany aren't really hamstrung by their dependence on the North Sea. Even the Netherlands has Shell who is international.
Mainly you'd be referring to the UK, Denmark, and Norway. But those aren't the only countries that have progressive social programs in Western Europe.
In comparison to previous decades it is. Declining volumes and substantial required Capex+Opex costs (in combination with the low oil prices) don't bode well for an aging off shore area. The North Sea is far from its glory days.North Sea oil may be a lot of things... But it is hardly on its last legs.
Yes, and then you brought in unhappiness and Trump.
You can see how I'd assume it's relevant to the current conversation and initial post.
This has to the most worn out thread ever. It adds to the list of things the government should provide a poorly defined happiness. The original post claims happiness has not gone up per Sachs. He did not even claims it had gone down.
This is a thread about nothing. Our government has promised us the right to the
PERSUIT of happiness. Only politicians promise us happiness if we do what they want us to.
In comparison to previous decades it is. Declining volumes and substantial required Capex+Opex costs (in combination with the low oil prices) don't bode well for an aging off shore area. The North Sea is far from its glory days.
http://www.crystolenergy.com/assessing-future-north-sea-oil-gas/
Funny... A lot of the same things were thought about Saudi Arabia a few years ago, the deep GOM, and PBTX.
No one said that about Saudi. Their oil has always been cheap and easy to produce. The midcontinent was dying as well until horizontal drilling in combination with fracking came along. I can't speak for the gulf of mexico.
I opened this thread expecting to see Laos, Vietnam, China and Cuba rocking the happiness meter.
As far as racism and social tension between economic classes, ....Europe certainly still has all those problems.