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Article: Money really can buy happiness -- question is how much
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 27, 2006
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NEW YORK -- Does money buy happiness?
It's sometimes said that scientists have found no relationship
between money and happiness, but that's a myth, says University of
Illinois psychologist Ed Diener.
"There is overwhelming evidence that money buys happiness," said
economist Andrew Oswald. The main debate, he said, is how strong the
effect is.
Oswald recently reported a study of Britons who won between
$2,000 and $250,000 in a lottery. As a group, they showed a boost in
happiness averaging a bit more than 1 point on a 36-point scale when
surveyed two years after ...