Money does indeed buy happiness, and it increases with a bigger paycheque more than economists previously believed, a recent analysis has found.

  • june@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    The whole premise that ‘money can’t buy happiness’ is a tool for the ruling class to try and make the poors become content with their poverty and not try to do anything about the inequality.

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      10 months ago

      What was meant: The endless pursuit of money won’t bring you joy.

      What we get told: Be happy you even get minimum wage serf.

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      9 months ago

      Well, just look at the World Happiness Report. Always dominated by European countries that also happen to be the world’s most equal countries. Financially and otherwise.