Bhutan now supports crypto payments in over 1,000 physical locations through Binance Pay. The initiative is part of a broader national push toward digital inclusion.

Gross National Happiness acknowledges that economic growth is important, but that growth must be sustainable. It must be balanced by the preservation of our unique culture.

“The first thing (foreigners) talk about is the gross national happiness that we promote in Bhutan,” says KJ Temphel, founder of the conservation group Green Bhutan.. “I think definitely ...

Explore Bhutan's journey towards modernization and unique leadership principles through Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay's ...

Gross National Happiness. Economists’ continued stranglehold on political discourse is troublesome considering that the unanticipated rise of the Great Recession exposed deep-seated flaws in their ...

In the 1970s, Bhutan’s fourth king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, declared that GDP was less important than “Gross National Happiness” (GNH). After all, the goal of economic growth, ...

With an economy hit hard by COVID, many Bhutanese have left for jobs abroad. Bhutan's government, which for years has prioritized Gross National Happiness, is now working to lure people back.

Gross national happiness is a prosperity measure used by Bhutan, a landlocked country between India and China in the Eastern Himalayas. It was developed by Bhutan's fourth king in the 1970s.

But recent discussions of "Gross National Happiness 2.0" by its newly elected Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay suggest that change on some level is underway as the country struggles with an economic ...

“The first thing (foreigners) talk about is the gross national happiness that we promote in Bhutan,” says KJ Temphel, founder of the conservation group Green Bhutan.