The research on wealth and happiness is filled with contradictions. For ages, studies showed that more money didn’t bring more happiness and that happiness plateaued at a certain income or wealth level once certain needs were met.
Last year brought contrary research showing that more wealth did, in fact, make people more satisfied with their lives, even if they still had day-to-day frustrations. A new study co-funded by the Gates Foundation, however, portrays the ultrarich as lost souls burdened by the fears, worries and family distortions of too much money...
Don’t Envy the Super-Rich, They Are Miserable - The Wealth Report - WSJ
Last year brought contrary research showing that more wealth did, in fact, make people more satisfied with their lives, even if they still had day-to-day frustrations. A new study co-funded by the Gates Foundation, however, portrays the ultrarich as lost souls burdened by the fears, worries and family distortions of too much money...
Don’t Envy the Super-Rich, They Are Miserable - The Wealth Report - WSJ
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