re: Why do people in Nordic countries consistently rank as the happiest and what can we learn?

I'm sure you could sell higher tax rates in the US if you had something to show for them.

Pristine state-of-the-art airports?

Nah. Let's actively fund the invasion of our country instead.

We have crumbling infrastructure, but we'll send $15 million to another country so they can research transexual penguins.