This article considers the concept of gross national happinesss, as it has
evolved in Bhutan, against the background of literature on the pursuit of
happiness as a government objective and the problems associated with
different approaches to measuring well-being. It concludes that since all
measures of well-being are imperfect, including the measure of gross
national happiness currently being applied in Bhutan, the best approach is
to use a range of different measures, including conventional national
accounting indicators.