Thailand not such a great place to be born

A surprising map of the best and worst countries to be born into today – Washington Post, January 7, 2013
[Thanks to Eric for pointing this out.]
…The correlation between wealth, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, and happiness is clear, though not nearly as clear as you might expect. The report concludes from the results that “GDP per head alone explains some two thirds of the inter-country variation in life satisfaction, and the estimated relationship is linear.” Only two-thirds!…