Happy nations don't focus on growth
I read a similar things a few weeks ago.  They were saying that the U.S. (government through laws and legal system) centered on "fairness" up until recently.  Sometime after WWII the focus changed to Economics and growth.  I'm guessing it was saying this is the cause of crazy inequality and "the jobless recovery."<p>I'm not sure I buy all of it (the U.S. wasn't really a world power prior to the world wars, so they'd be dismissing that and other gains if it was their whole premise), but like this article, something to think about.