Can money buy happiness?

salami1212

salami1212

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So.. in your opinions, do you think money buys happiness?

My opinion is yes .. to an extent though. If someone gave you £200 million and no one would know apart from say close relatives and friends, I guarantee you would be a much happier person..
 
Same as what acidhell says, but also i feel with £200 million in the bank i would be a lot happier, i go buy things i want/travel the world etc like i want!
 
there are lots of thing i would rather have than lost of money, however 100% of all things can be purchased with money so indeed i would prefer money.
love: i love women and money buys lots!
happiness: i am happy with puppys and sometimes they are free!!!
a friend: who needs friends when you can have the latest anamatronic sex bot!
 
Read an article about this in New Scientist recently. The summary was that yes, upto a point. Once people are out of poverty and have the basic requirements to live, concrete experiences (socialising, etc) tend to provide more happyness than purely having a lot of money or being able to buy fancy clothes. But of course you need money to do said things so it starts to loop :p
 
I looked into this as part of my dissertation last year and the answer was a resounding no. Instead of making people happier it often makes them less happy, because they focus their energies in gaining fulfillment from material goods and not looking for the truly worthwhile things in life - love, friendship etc.

I also found a study that stated a wage over £25,000 doesn't make the average person any happier, because that amount of money is enough to satisfy their basic needs with room for life's little indulgences now and then.
 
No. I used to think it could, but after going through a fairly tough 6 months its clear it can't.

There are quite simply some things money cannot buy, and happiness is one of them :)
 
reflux said:
I looked into this as part of my dissertation last year and the answer was a resounding no. Instead of making people happier it often makes them less happy, because they focus their energies in gaining fulfillment from material goods and not looking for the truly worthwhile things in life - love, friendship etc.
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It sounds to me like you're looking at things the wrong way round, i.e. high earners have this attitude to get the money in the first place.

Of course money can buy happynes.

What exactly can't you buy with money that you can get through not having money.
 
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