What About Gross National Happiness? by Nadia Mustafa FROM Time [short article]

"Bhutan's GDP is a mere $2.7 billion, but Wangchuck still maintains that economic growth does not necessarily lead to contentment, and instead focuses on the four pillars of GNH: 

1. economic self-reliance, 
2. a pristine environment, 
3. the preservation and promotion of Bhutan's culture, and 
4. good governance in the form of a democracy."