{"id":30049,"date":"2026-09-21T20:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T00:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=30049"},"modified":"2026-09-22T18:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T22:30:21","slug":"why-do-people-in-poorer-countries-experience-more-happiness-and-have-lower-suicide-rates-what-do-you-think-this-says-about-the-cost-of-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2026\/09\/21\/why-do-people-in-poorer-countries-experience-more-happiness-and-have-lower-suicide-rates-what-do-you-think-this-says-about-the-cost-of-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do people in poorer countries experience more happiness and have lower suicide rates? What do you think this says about the cost of &#8220;success&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AW092126.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AW092126.jpeg\" alt=\"Why do people in poorer countries experience more happiness and have lower suicide rates? What do you think this says about the cost of &quot;success&quot;?\" class=\"wp-image-30048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AW092126.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AW092126-300x287.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Why do people in poorer countries experience more happiness and have lower suicide rates? What do you think this says about the cost of &#8220;success&#8221;?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You might have heard the term &#8220;money isn&#8217;t everything,&#8221; and I think it applies well here. People in poorer countries might have less material and financial goods, but having a loving, supportive family and community makes up for that lack and likely contributes to greater happiness and less feelings of despair. There&#8217;s nothing wrong with wanting success, but if the goal of success is to obtain as much wealth as possible over physical health or quality relationships, then we have to ask what it means to be happy and what success is for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might have heard the term &#8220;money isn&#8217;t everything,&#8221; and I think it applies well here. People in poorer countries might have less material and financial goods, but having a loving, supportive family and community makes up for that lack and likely contributes to greater happiness and less feelings of despair. There&#8217;s nothing wrong with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2026\/09\/21\/why-do-people-in-poorer-countries-experience-more-happiness-and-have-lower-suicide-rates-what-do-you-think-this-says-about-the-cost-of-success\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why do people in poorer countries experience more happiness and have lower suicide rates? What do you think this says about the cost of &#8220;success&#8221;?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30049"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30056,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30049\/revisions\/30056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}