The challenge of merit

Meritocracy is a term coined in the United States (in English: meritocracy, composed of the Latin meritum «merit» and -cracy «-cracy») and introduced in Italy in the Seventies.

Why We Care About Happiness Rankings

What is the point of a ranking of how happy the various countries of the world are? I ask myself this question on March 20, the tenth World Day of Happiness established by the United Nations.