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The relationship between the executive and judiciary branches of the United States government veered into unprecedented territory on Thursday. Linda Feldmann addresses that from Washington.
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Our report from Bhutan, which famously applies a Gross National Happiness index to social well-being, explores an early-stages effort there to meet young Bhutanese where they are: eager to work without necessarily leaving their country for the opportunity.
It also remains committed to not overvaluing materialism as a measure of success. That means nurturing a kind of 鈥渕indful capitalism鈥� that risks sounding contradictory, or seeming like a shallow rebranding. Is there an authentic way to have economic growth without the detrimental effects that can follow: winners and losers, environmental degradation? Bhutan is on the road to finding out.
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