Happiness gap in the Land of Smiles
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published : 13 Jan 2021 at 04:00
35 In this 2010 file photo, visitors view an exhibition, Siam, Land of Smiles presenting various expressions of smiles at a Bangkok department store.
How happy are people in the Land of Smiles? Not too happy. In fact, the Thai people s spirit was at its lowest last year, and things don t look much brighter in 2021.
According to the World Happiness Report which ranks countries around the world by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be, Thailand s level of happiness has been steadily declining since 2012 with 2020 being the worst year in the past decade.
By Lisa Qian
January 7, 2021
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Paul Kuznets (second from left) with colleagues from the Bank of Korea during the 1966-67 academic year as part of the Country Studies program. Photo courtesy Paul Kuznets.
United Nations consultant, algorithmic stock trader, chief economist of the Office of Management and Budget, Marxist theorist. These are just some of the jobs held by the alumni of the Country Studies program, the flagship research agenda of Yale’s Economic Growth Center (EGC).
When the EGC was founded in 1961, it sent 25 young economists into the field to gather data and write books on the economies of developing countries. But the impact of this effort, known as the Country Studies program, transcends the volumes that were ultimately published. The program shaped careers and networks that have been influential not just within academia, but also to governments, international o
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The blame game won t cut it with Covid
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published : 29 Dec 2020 at 04:00
13 In this Dec 20 file photo, 2,000 Myanmar migrant workers wait in front of a dormitory near the Thai Union Market in Samut Sakhon as health officials conduct Covid-19 tests. Arnun Chonmahatrakool
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His articulate speech has won praise for its sympathetic and inclusive tone. There was even a viral clip depicting Myanmar immigrants saluting him for his compassion. Yet this pandemic is a test for all members of society at many levels. And we need a lot more than a PR drive to fight Covid-19-related hate speech. We need to understand the conditions underlying the hate speech situation and their adverse
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