Comments on: The Situation of Money and Happiness http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/the-situation-of-money-and-happiness/ Sun, 19 May 2013 21:30:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: NIck http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/the-situation-of-money-and-happiness/#comment-15375 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:53:21 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=6955#comment-15375 Hi Situation guys,

I believe that it’s not possible to make a general statement on whether money makes people more or less happy. Money comes with a whole set of new elements that may have good or bad impact on our happiness, and depending on how susceptible we are to every one of them, the conclusion will go one way or the other (i.e. different from person to person).

I recently made an effort to provide a more comprehensive picture of what these ad- and disadvantages are. I invite you to have a look at http://www.spreadinghappiness.org/2009/08/money-how-much-should-we-strive-for-it-to-become-happy/ and tell me what you think!

Thank you,

Nick

]]> By: Lilian Nattel http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/the-situation-of-money-and-happiness/#comment-14984 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:12:38 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=6955#comment-14984 Before I was able to write full-time, I was an accountant (strange but true). I did financial consulting for people and I often saw a piss into the wind effect. People didn’t know where their money went and I didn’t advise them to find out or make a budget. I just suggested that they take out so much a week, put it in their wallet, and rely on their eyes and hands to make it last the week for sundries. My experience was that the difference between being able to have a little left over in your bank account and a little into overdraft was small, and had no felt impact on satisfaction, but accumulated significantly. I’m not talking about people addicted to shopping who appear on talk shows, but most average folks.

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