The World of Happiness Part 2

Analysis of the World of Happiness Report

In John Helliwell, Richard Layard , and Jeffery Sachs’s non fiction persuasive essay called The World OF Happiness Report (2012) the authors propose that happiness should be at least more if not  as equally considered as financial success to policy makers. The authors develops the thesis by addressing the general activities of life that make up the social reference material that politicians use to guide there decisions and plans. The authors’ purpose is to convince and gather support and awareness to the subject of happiness and its importance to the way humans interact with one another, life on the planet and the planet itself.  The authors’ audience is abroad brush stroke , including any one concerned with happiness and or policy makers .

I was glad the authors chose to cover this humanitarian topic. I believe the subject matter is an important sign that the human condition is becoming a more commonly considered and discussed. The way they introduced the subject matter made it clear that the issue of happiness has an effect on more than just the individual. I was confused why the authors chose to cover so many ways happiness is important. If there point was to convince lawmakers to clean up the environment then they should of focused on that. If there purpose was to get more awareness around environmental issues then they should have been very specific and left the unrelated information out of it.

The text provides an alternative view on how people move through their lives with out considering the most important facets. The most important information I think the essay offers is that a simple raise in income does not  necessarily grantee in increase in happiness unless poverty is the state of affairs.