Can Money Buy Happiness? The World Answers

It's a common phrase; money can't buy happiness.   But a worldwide survey of more than 136,000 people in 132 countries that included questions about happiness and income revealed that life satisfaction certainly does rise with income, though it seems to depend on how you define happiness because positive feelings don't necessarily follow, the researchers report.   It may be a fundamental part of the human condition that few are content, no matter what they have.  The findings, from an analysis of data gathered in the first Gallup World Poll, appear this month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. read more

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