Why thinking about buying something makes us happier than buying it

Buying objects rather than experiences tends to disappoint.

Over and over again, the idea that you can’t buy happiness has been exposed as a myth. Richer countries are happier than poor countries. Richer people within richer countries are happier, too. The evidence is unequivocal: Money makes you happy. You just have to know what to do with it.

 

 

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