The majority of our class decisions elaborate on the economic and technological impacts of globalization, however we rarely discuss globalization’s impact on countries standard of living or happiness.  I think farther globalization would be rather useless for mankind if it does not improve the world’s standard of living.  According to http://thehappinessshow.com/HappiestCountries.htm the top five happiest countries are 1.Nigeria 2.Mexico 3.Venezuela 4.El Salvado  5.Puerto Rico, the degree of globalization in these countries is generally never talked about in class largely because globalization is minimal.  Although these countries are the happiest in the world, they are barely given any praise in class.  However countries like China and India are constantly being applauded for their recent economic growth.  Should we as a class and as a culture prefer wealth over happiness?  Is globalization increasing the world’s wealth and not its happiness?