Money Can Buy Happiness: Till now we have probably heard that happiness cannot be bought with money. But now happiness can be bought with money.
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Till now you must have only heard that happiness cannot be bought with money. But now this thing seems to be proving a bit wrong. The answer to this question was being searched for decades. american newspaper The Washington Post According to a report, in the recent research on this, it has been revealed that money and happiness (Money and Happiness) has a direct connection. A recent research was done by Princeton University and Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman and Matthew Killingsworth of the University of Pennsylvania, whose results are different from the research done by them in 2010.
What does the new research say
Let us tell you that Nobel winner Daniel Kahneman was one of the two authors of this research done in the year 2010. This study became so popular during that time that the founder of a credit card company raised the minimum wage of his employees to $70,000. Regarding the new research, two researchers surveyed about 33, 391 people, whose age was between 18 and 65. The annual income of these people was at least 10 thousand dollars i.e. 8 lakh rupees.
The team of researchers recorded the response of people’s emotions at short intervals through a smartphone app. The responses ranged from “very bad” to “very good”.
which people are happier
Two big results have come out in the research – the first is that happiness improves with higher annual income of 4.13 crores ($ 5 lakh). But there are some people too, whose happiness does not make much difference to earning. About 15 percent people come in this group.
But what did the researchers say
However, Matthew Killingsworth, the researcher of this study, said in a statement that money is not everything. Money can only be one of many reasons for happiness. Also, money is not the secret behind happiness, but money can definitely help in making you happy.
