by Skyler Sage
Does money buy happiness? In the August 2006 issue of Money Magazine, an article asks (and attempts to answer) this very question (Does money buy happiness?) You would assume that since it's Money Magazine, the answer ...read more
by DC Sitnik
Someone once said, "Love may make the world go 'round, but money greases the axle". Sounds simple enough, right? So why the endless parade of rich, beautiful celebrities with seemingly everything to live for, charging towa...read more
by Jules Cyber
Research in psychology shows that masses of money doesn't buy happiness. Being poorer than those you compare yourself with, however, often breeds dissatisfaction with your lot. Research into happiness has shown that peopl...read more
This question has plagued many people over decades. Can money buy happiness and love?. The main problem in the question is that its relative to what your personality is. Though I personally havent seen a millionaire walkin...read more
A question which has been voiced countless times, and answered mostly in the simple way which the Beatles pushed: "Money can't buy me love!". Frankly, while this is idealistically a lovely notion, there are a number of fla...read more
by Sweetsmile
Some say that money cannot be everything, however, without money, we can do nothing. Money worship has been a topic for centuries, and today, the topic is still a hot one for us to discuss about. With money, you can buy...read more
by Seth Hayes
Happiness Must be Unaffordable We've come to a point in our society where the middle-class has completely forgotten what it's like to be "middle-class." Pretentious sneers and Mercedes Benz-sized debts aside, the common...read more
The short, easy answer is no, of course not. The more nuanced answer is no, it can't secure these things all by itself, but it can be helpful in getting them under certain circumstances. HAPPINESS First of all, th...read more
by Debbie Robus
Ah, the proverbial question... "Can money buy happines and love?" When I first started singing with our Praise and Worship band at my church, there was a gentleman who came to our services and sat near the front of the sa...read more
"Well, I bet there's one thing he can't buy," Homer Simpson sneered at Kent Brockman's $130 million lottery win. "What's that?" asked his wife, Marge. " A dinosaur." Homer was of course correct in this instance. B...read more
by Daniel Lais
In asking the question can money buy happiness or love, the answer is neither complex nor is it an opinion. I believe that the answer is created through observation. An observation when it is merely a recounting of inve...read more
Writer and Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman once observed: "Money can buy you a fancy dog, but only love can make him wag his tail." Whereas many people with money are happy they have it, money doesn't buy ...read more
by Ian Loft
The happiness sought after by riches and wealth is an illusion. True happiness lies somewhere between destitution and wealth yet few manage to strike the right balance. The relative few in this world who amass enormous we...read more
by Artemis
When I was young, people tend to portray that money is not in the same house with happiness and love, and worse, money is the opposite of happiness and love. Even worse yet, due to religion lessons in school, people believ...read more
Considering the materialistic and economic conscious society we live in, this is a very relevant question. So, can money buy happiness and love? The answer happens to be yes and no. Yes money can buy happiness and no, mone...read more
by Joe Owens
There have been at least one song and a movie made that quickly attend to this question. Money cannot buy happiness and will not keep love. I suppose money can provide the platform for immediate happiness as well as bring ...read more
Money can never buy happiness or love. The Beatles said it best with "I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love." There are just some things that you can't buy. These things include happiness, health, pea...read more
by Danni Rogers
Money is necessary in this world. In the world that has been created for us by those who came before us we cannot survive without money. This is sad but true. Whether or not we can be happy with or without money is up to u...read more
by Dominic Shaw
The question everyone asks at least once in their life, can money buy happiness? Some even go as far as to ask if it can buy love. The answer to such a question truly lies within the individual. If you are a lonely person ...read more
by Raynell Key
If a person thinks that money is going to buy them happiness or love then they are already lost. Why would anyone want a life based on how much money you have? Being able to buy whatever and whoever you want takes away y...read more
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