Finland, recently named the world’s “most prosperous” country, no longer sees economic growth as a reason to feel happy as the global crisis has changed how people value their lives, Finland foreign minister said in a recent interview in Tokyo.
Alexander Stubb, in Japan to meet officials of the new administration, said a prosperous nation or lifestyle has more to do with concepts like education, opportunity and mutual trust than making money.
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