Friday, June 30, 2006

Study: Money Won't Make You Happy

"Would you be happier if you were richer?" ask Princeton researcher Daniel Kahneman, PhD, and colleagues. Kahneman shared the 2002 Nobel Prize for applying the principles of psychology to economics.

Their answer: No. It's just an illusion that wealth brings happiness.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201749,00.html
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