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I remember back in the 90s John Stossel did a piece on money and happiness, and he complained that surveys show that happiness stops increasing somewhere around 60-80K per year income, so clearly money does not buy happiness.
Median household income at the time was about $30K per year.
Clearly having too much money doesn't buy happiness, but having enough money to live comfortably does. It's also important to account for inflation and other cost of living increases when considering household income.
I don't think that has been demonstrated. Are the super-rich, on balance, the same happiness compared to the merely middle-class?
Yes, I probably should have stated that these were non-adjusted values. This particular 20/20 story was probably in the mid-90s or so, so $30K bought more than it does now.
Yeah, I doubt that having more money makes people less happy. At worst it just stops playing a significant role in happiness.