money Tag

More than ever, we are defined by how much we earn. But does a higher salary make us more content? Or is it enough just to be paid more than our colleagues? With the gulf between top earners and the lowest paid at its widest...

25 April, 2010

Study says money only makes you happy if it makes you richer than your neighbours A study by researchers at the University of Warwick and Cardiff University has found that money only makes people happier if it improves their social rank. The researchers found that...

23 March, 2010

by Kristen Houghton - The Huffington Post Happiness seems to be the catchword for 2010. We're either looking for it, think we've finally found it, or are reluctantly redefining our personal meaning of the word. Then too there are those who feel they know what would...

13 March, 2010

So you have some extra cash in your pocket. Do you spend it on the latest gizmo or on going to a restaurant with friends? How does your choice affect your happiness? Money as an Inexact Surrogate Given that January is synonymous with high street sales, I...

27 January, 2010

Check out this clip in which I talk to Scott Pape, The Barefoot Investor, about happiness and money on CNBC. To see the clip, click here, and if you don't want to watch the whole episode just fast forward to the 10 minute mark. ...

07 December, 2009

From www.postandcourier.com Therapeutic costs of happiness - Tuesday, December 1, 2009 Now it's not just your mother saying it. Scientists in England are saying that money really doesn't buy happiness. But there's a catch. Money does buy psychological therapy, which buys happiness. Researchers at the University...

01 December, 2009

On one otherwise unremarkable day, countless eons ago, one of our shrewder ancestors first exchanged puka shells, a red pebble, or a nugget of shiny metal for a wildebeest steak and human commerce was born. Or, more accurately, money was born. Ever since then people...

20 November, 2009

PETER MARTIN - Brisbane Times November 16, 2009 WHAT'S a marriage worth? To an Aussie male, about $32,000. That's the lump sum Professor Paul Frijters says the man would need to receive out of the blue to make him as happy as his marriage will over his...

16 November, 2009