wealth Tag

And following on from my last post, this incredible animation shows how average income per person AND life expectancy have both increased significantly over the last century and a half. Although the increase hasn't been as significant in some of the developing countries, there's still...

14 June, 2010

by Christopher Peterson for Psychology Today I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.- Pablo Picasso The relationship between money and happiness has long been of interest to those of us in the modern world, and in the past few years, positive psychologists...

09 June, 2010

by Timothy So from Positive Psychology News Daily Previous articles in PPND (here and here) have examined the relationship between money and happiness as well as the Easterlin paradox illustrated in the graph below. To further elaborate on why the riches are not equivalent to happiness,...

19 May, 2010

HAVE you seen the latest Coca-Cola advertisement with the word ''Happiness'' in the shape of a bottle? The message is clear. Drink Coke and you'll be happy. This is not just clever advertising but a pin-sharp comment on how we are supposed to equate happiness...

17 January, 2010