Money can buy happiness?

Money can buy happiness?
Apr 7, 2008 23:00
KEVIN0518 Points: Join Date: Mar 13, 2007 Status: offline	Money may not buy you love but can buy you happiness. A research conducted by two American economists suggests that the richer the countries are, the happier their people are. Also the people living in the richer countries are happier than their counterparts in poorer countries. However, the people will be happier as the poorer countries become richer. In the past 30 years, people thought that higher GDP could't transfer to a greater overall sense of wellbeing. In fluenced by the conventional view, some people suggest that the government shouldn't focus too much on increasing GDP. According to the new research, the government should find ways to increase GDP so that their people can be happier. What do you think of these two views? A professor says that income only matters for the very poor people and when their basic needs are satisfied it doesn't matter. Do you agree?

Apr 7, 2008 23:00

KEVIN0518
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Money may not buy you love but can buy you happiness. A research conducted by two American economists suggests that the richer the countries are, the happier their people are. Also the people living in the richer countries are happier than their counterparts in poorer countries. However, the people will be happier as the poorer countries become richer. In the past 30 years, people thought that higher GDP could't transfer to a greater overall sense of wellbeing. In fluenced by the conventional view, some people suggest that the government shouldn't focus too much on increasing GDP. According to the new research, the government should find ways to increase GDP so that their people can be happier. What do you think of these two views?

A professor says that income only matters for the very poor people and when their basic needs are satisfied it doesn't matter. Do you agree?

Apr 7, 2008 23:35	#1
MARRIE Points: Join Date: Jan 7, 2008 Status: Offline	money brings sense of security. and money is source of evil. this how i view money. I just took my eyes off sheets with $ and tomorrow i will continue learning to how to let $ and # systemetically make sense in order to earn a living. quotes: If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money. - Simone Weil

Apr 7, 2008 23:39

GARYKINKADE
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If happiness can be defined as an increase in comfort, security and well being, then in my opinion money helps. It cannot buy true love or true friends.
An increase in the GDP would help, that is if it were to filter down to all social classes. Of course the more affluent people ( with a smaller portion of the population) would receive a larger portion of the GDP benefit than would the other classes (with a larger portion of the population).

Apr 8, 2008 20:45

KEVIN0518
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"If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money."

If he is really regretful, what kind of man is he? If he doesn't care about it, what kind of man is he?

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when his friends borrow money from him. A real good man wouldn't hesitate to lend his friend some money because he understands that his friends need his help.

Apr 9, 2008 23:11

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Money is a good thing to have. If I didn’t think so, I wouldn’t even want to have it. It is one of the blessings. But just like anything, it has to be earned honestly. I appreciate money but I do not let it rule me. You will not believe the kinds of people who look down on poor people from poor countries. Many of them are not even rich, feeding off their parents and yet they think they have a right to look down on people who do menial jobs for money.

Apr 10, 2008 22:24	#5
JIMMYB Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: Offline	" But just like anything, it has to be earned honestly." Well, there is a Chinese saying---无商不奸. In English, it means businessmen are all dishonest. If you earn money honestly, you never be a successful businessman :-)

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