Money Doesn’t Make People Happy Tim Harford “The hippies‚" claimed economist Andrew Oswald recently‚ "are having their quiet revenge." Oswald‚ a professor at Warwick University in England‚ is one of a growing number of economists fascinated by the question of what makes us happy. In a recent public lecture he announced‚ "Once a country has filled its larders‚ there is no point in that nation becoming richer." That‚ at least‚ should bring a smile to a few faces. Economists have suddenly realized
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statesman Benjamin Franklin said‚ “Money never made a man happy yet nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness.”Money can and in most cases does buy you everything your heart wishes. With money you would be able to live a comfortable life with everything you wanted around. You can have flat screen TV’s to expensive jewelry‚ the sky is the limit when you’re spoiling with the benefits of your hard work. But does that necessarily make you happy? Would having everything be as great
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Oh yes‚ money can surely make you happier. With money you can buy and enjoy your heart desires including beautiful sweet women/men. And these desires essentially make people happy‚ therefore money brings happiness. An adage goes‚ "Money can’t buy happiness‚" but people usually mean‚ "Material goods can’t buy happiness." Spending time with the wife and kids on a camping getaway costs money‚ but it’s the kind of spending that is worthwhile and fulfilling. At least‚ that’s the conventional wisdom
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What makes people happy? What makes people happy? It seems to a simple question but people have their own different answers. Some believe that they are happy when they have money‚ some say that love can make them happy. There are some main factors that lead people to be happy including good health‚ close relationships and working condition. First of all‚ the most important thing of being happy is having a good heath. It is easy to understand that having a good physical condition is having a happy
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I personally think that money does not equal happiness. Money may be able to buy you many things like a mansion‚ nice cars‚ even some very nice clothes‚ but the happiness you get out of that will not last forever. What I think is that money can buy you all these amazing things that will make you happy‚ but after a while you will not be satisfied with what you have and you will not be happy. For example in the story “The Necklace” all Madame Loisel wanted was to wear something expensive to the
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WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY? In the life‚ many people live to find the answer for the question “what is the happiness?”. A lot of people believe that it comes from the poverty‚ the fame‚ power or influence. We can be certain that they are true or false‚ but in my opinion‚ the happiness can be created simply from a good health‚ feeling of love and the faith in life. A good health plays an important role of a happy life. There is an idiom “having a good health is having all”. A healthy
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WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY For me there are many things that can make people happy in the world. Making someone happy is a matter of being sensitive to one’s needs. Many pursue the common approach of knowing what the other wants in order to bring them happiness‚ but the truth however is that we don’t need to know what they want. Instead‚ we should be observant to the delicate of their aspirations. An effective method to know what can make people happy is to be sensitive to their concerns. If we truly
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is the meaning and purpose of life‚ the whole aim and end of human existence.”–Aristotle By Dave Hood Many of the great philosophers have attempted to answer the question: What makes people happy? World religions‚ such as Christianity‚ have attempted to explain what makes people happy and how to live a happy life through faith‚ the belief in God‚ by reading scripture‚ by living life according to the moral code‚ and by the religious doctrine imposed by the church. The philosophy of Buddhism
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Can money buy you happiness? Money would probably be on the top of everyone’s list of things they desire‚ along with other things that only money could buy‚ but does that mean that money will make you happy? Happiness cannot be found in inanimate objects such as a new car or a huge house if you have no one to share it with. Money can lead to lots of lovely things and great opportunities but it can induce greed in a person‚ it’s like most things if you have too much of it all you want is more. It
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Does money make you happy? Is money all you should ever care of? Due to the world we live in‚ It has come to my realization that most people have minds which have been dominated by the thought of money. Everywhere I go‚ whether it’s at home or in the streets‚ I will hear at least a word relating to money. So why talk about it so much? Does it make us happy?! ! Most people‚ when they hear the word money‚ they think about the happiness money can get you‚ they think about the luxuries. The
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