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Money does buy happiness, but only if…
CNBC: In fact, it’s even more important than your overall income or how much you spend in total, according to a study published online Thursday in Psychological Science. In other words, what matters more than
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Money can buy happiness — if you know how to use it
The Washington Post: As humans, we are almost always aspiring to land the next promotion or the next big raise, or to strike it rich some other way. But a new report offers hope for those of us who have yet
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Spending That Fits Personality Can Boost Well-Being
Money could buy happiness if your purchases fit your personality, a study shows.
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Don’t Delay! Impatient People are Also the Worst Procrastinators
Across a series of experiments, impatient people were more likely to put things off – even when it meant a financial penalty.
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Why We Think We’re Better Investors Than We Are
The New York Times: From their earliest days, the loosely confederated research efforts that came to be known as behavioral economics spawned a large quantity of studies centered on securities investment. This was not because
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Handling Money Appears to Sway Helpfulness
The cold touch of a nickel may be enough to keep people from helping each other, new research suggests. In a new set of experiments in Poland, a team of researchers found that priming children
