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Money & Happiness | Newsweek To Your Health | Newsweek.com
"If more money doesn't buy more happiness, then the behavior of most Americans looks downright insane, as we work harder and longer, decade after decade, to fatten our W-2s. But what is insane for an individual is crucial for a national economy—that is, ever more growth and consumption. Gilbert again: "Economies can blossom and grow only if people are deluded into believing that the production of wealth will make them happy … Economies thrive when individuals strive, but because individuals will strive only for their own happiness, it is essential that they mistakenly believe that producing and consuming are routes to personal well-being." In other words, if you want to do your part for your country's economy, forget all of the above about money not buying happiness."
More money may not buy happiness but for me, but someday it'll buy freedom, which in turn will increase my happiness dramatically! And, as the article notes, we all owe a big thank you to the ever-unsatisfied who keep the economy chugging!
Money & Happiness | Newsweek To Your Health | Newsweek.com
"If more money doesn't buy more happiness, then the behavior of most Americans looks downright insane, as we work harder and longer, decade after decade, to fatten our W-2s. But what is insane for an individual is crucial for a national economy—that is, ever more growth and consumption. Gilbert again: "Economies can blossom and grow only if people are deluded into believing that the production of wealth will make them happy … Economies thrive when individuals strive, but because individuals will strive only for their own happiness, it is essential that they mistakenly believe that producing and consuming are routes to personal well-being." In other words, if you want to do your part for your country's economy, forget all of the above about money not buying happiness."
More money may not buy happiness but for me, but someday it'll buy freedom, which in turn will increase my happiness dramatically! And, as the article notes, we all owe a big thank you to the ever-unsatisfied who keep the economy chugging!