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Does Money Buy Happiness?

Posted on June 25, 2008

One of life's big questions, isn't it? (For many, an uncomfortable one.)Arthur Brooks tackles the question here. One Brooks gem: Success trumps money as a happiness driver. B. C. Forbes, who founded Forbes magazine in 1917, wrote his first editorial on the link between money and happiness. He said: Business was originated to produce happiness, not pile up millions. Read the entire Sept. 15, 1917, editorial here. You can read more B. C. Forbes quotes here.What do you think? Does money buy happiness? Why are some rich people unhappy? What causes the unhappy poor to stay unhappy and poor? What do...

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