Comments on: Utilitarian Paradise http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/07/18/utalitarian-paradise/ Open discussion about current issues in Uzbekistan Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:22:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Ata http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/07/18/utalitarian-paradise/#comment-2022 Ata Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:38:02 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/07/18/utalitarian-paradise/#comment-2022 Interesting post. Interesting post.

]]> By: James http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/07/18/utalitarian-paradise/#comment-1804 James Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:02:11 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/07/18/utalitarian-paradise/#comment-1804 The PSD blog <a href="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2006/07/whats_the_unhap.html" rel="nofollow"> points out </a> some <a href="http://heavylifting.blogspot.com/2006/07/on-happy-planet-index.html" rel="nofollow">interesting inconsistencies </a> between revealed preference and what this study reports: <blockquote>The Happiness index suggests that the United States is ranked 150 out of 178, just ahead of the Ivory Coast and just behind Lithuania. This does not pass the smell test and it flies in the face of revealed preference: there are a lot more people trying to come to live in the United States than in any other country in the world. Which is more correct - the revealed happiness of people as evidenced by their relocation or the calculated happiness by the NEF? </blockquote> Also VIA the PSD Blog, Cato <a href="http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2006/07/13/vanuatu-islands-of-fire-or-heaven-on-earth/" rel="nofollow">tears this study a new one</a>: <blockquote> Multiply life expectancy by life satisfaction and divide it by environmental impact? That is, to be over-charitable, completely arbitrary. This is an index of, at best, the New Economic Foundation’s ideological preferences. It is a totally intellectually vacuous product meant to garner headlines, and it worked, to the shame of the Bloombergs and UPIs of the world.</blockquote> The PSD blog points out some interesting inconsistencies between revealed preference and what this study reports:

The Happiness index suggests that the United States is ranked 150 out of 178, just ahead of the Ivory Coast and just behind Lithuania. This does not pass the smell test and it flies in the face of revealed preference: there are a lot more people trying to come to live in the United States than in any other country in the world. Which is more correct - the revealed happiness of people as evidenced by their relocation or the calculated happiness by the NEF?

Also VIA the PSD Blog, Cato tears this study a new one:

Multiply life expectancy by life satisfaction and divide it by environmental impact? That is, to be over-charitable, completely arbitrary. This is an index of, at best, the New Economic Foundation’s ideological preferences. It is a totally intellectually vacuous product meant to garner headlines, and it worked, to the shame of the Bloombergs and UPIs of the world.

]]> By: Global News Blog » Central Asia - Islamabad seeks to be energy hub http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/07/18/utalitarian-paradise/#comment-1797 Global News Blog » Central Asia - Islamabad seeks to be energy hub Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:23:14 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/07/18/utalitarian-paradise/#comment-1797 [...] Utalitarian ParadiseNeweurasia.net, Europe - 10 hours agoUzbekistan comes in third of all Central Asian and former Soviet republics (only Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have higher ratings) and is also way ahead of all G8 … [...] […] Utalitarian ParadiseNeweurasia.net, Europe - 10 hours agoUzbekistan comes in third of all Central Asian and former Soviet republics (only Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have higher ratings) and is also way ahead of all G8 … […]

]]> By: Global News Blog » Central Asia - Underground organizations in Kyrgyzstan left without leaders http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/07/18/utalitarian-paradise/#comment-1796 Global News Blog » Central Asia - Underground organizations in Kyrgyzstan left without leaders Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:53:19 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/07/18/utalitarian-paradise/#comment-1796 [...] Utalitarian ParadiseNeweurasia.net, Europe - 9 hours agoUzbekistan comes in third of all Central Asian and former Soviet republics (only Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have higher ratings) and is also way ahead of all G8 … [...] […] Utalitarian ParadiseNeweurasia.net, Europe - 9 hours agoUzbekistan comes in third of all Central Asian and former Soviet republics (only Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have higher ratings) and is also way ahead of all G8 … […]

]]> By: Global News Blog » Central Asia - US Rescue Bogs Down in Lebanon http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/07/18/utalitarian-paradise/#comment-1795 Global News Blog » Central Asia - US Rescue Bogs Down in Lebanon Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:52:01 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/07/18/utalitarian-paradise/#comment-1795 [...] Utalitarian ParadiseNeweurasia.net, Europe - 9 hours ago… However, to the traveller of Central Asia, it is a question why the normal (and somewhat intuitive) hierarchy is being reversed. … [...] […] Utalitarian ParadiseNeweurasia.net, Europe - 9 hours ago… However, to the traveller of Central Asia, it is a question why the normal (and somewhat intuitive) hierarchy is being reversed. … […]

]]> By: uzbekistan.neweurasia.net » What are they so happy about? http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/07/18/utalitarian-paradise/#comment-1794 uzbekistan.neweurasia.net » What are they so happy about? Tue, 18 Jul 2006 05:04:55 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/07/18/utalitarian-paradise/#comment-1794 [...] This post is in direct response to Ben’s piece below, and poses a hypothesis to answer this question: Assuming we are to believe public opinion polling, why do Uzbeks tend to be so happy? [...] […] This post is in direct response to Ben’s piece below, and poses a hypothesis to answer this question: Assuming we are to believe public opinion polling, why do Uzbeks tend to be so happy? […]

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