Comments on: April 2007: Are We Happy Yet? Happiness in an Age of Abundance http://www.cato-unbound.org Big Ideas for a Better World Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: dogtown commons » Can’t buy me… http://www.cato-unbound.org/archives/april-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-93259 dogtown commons » Can’t buy me… Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:26:05 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/archives/april-2007/#comment-93259 [...] Aside from the obvious points (that these people have lost their minds, that these people are nauseatingly myopic, that keeping up with the Joneses doesn’t stop at seven figures, etc), the article is strangely silent, or nearly so, about other questions. For instance, there has been a large amount of research into the correlation — or lack thereof — between money and happiness. The article barely addresses the question or whether these so-called “middle-class millionaires” are happy or satisfied, beyond some passing mentions that these people tend to like their jobs. [...] [...] Aside from the obvious points (that these people have lost their minds, that these people are nauseatingly myopic, that keeping up with the Joneses doesn’t stop at seven figures, etc), the article is strangely silent, or nearly so, about other questions. For instance, there has been a large amount of research into the correlation — or lack thereof — between money and happiness. The article barely addresses the question or whether these so-called “middle-class millionaires” are happy or satisfied, beyond some passing mentions that these people tend to like their jobs. [...]

]]> By: Will Wilkinson / The Fly Bottle » Blog Archive » Interested in Happiness? http://www.cato-unbound.org/archives/april-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-71910 Will Wilkinson / The Fly Bottle » Blog Archive » Interested in Happiness? Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:10:17 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/archives/april-2007/#comment-71910 [...] Or why not try the April Cato Unbound discussion of happiness research featuring Darrin McMahon, Barry Schwartz, Ruut Veenhoven, and me? [...] [...] Or why not try the April Cato Unbound discussion of happiness research featuring Darrin McMahon, Barry Schwartz, Ruut Veenhoven, and me? [...]

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